FILE PHOTO: Emergency responders in protective gears disinfect themselves at the Southeast Nursing and Rehabilitation Center nursing home, where many residents and employees have been infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in San Antonio, Texas, U.S., April 4, 2020. REUTERS/Go Nakamura
GENEVA (Reuters) - Authorities must protect nurses and other health workers from harassment and attacks compounding the already heavy toll they are paying in the pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) and top nursing officials said on Tuesday.
Some 100 medical workers are reported to have died from the disease so far, including many nurses, Howard Catton, ceo of the International Council of Nurses, told a news briefing.
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