Nurse Cristina Cadenas, 53, wearing a full personal protective equipment (PPE), poses during her shift at Principe de Asturias hospital, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Alcala de Henares, Spain, April 30, 2020. Picture taken on April 30, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
MADRID (Reuters) - Just a few months ago, coronavirus floated around unnoticed in the hospital near Madrid where Cristina Cadenas worked as nurse in the orthopaedics department.
Staff wore no special protection in late February as it was considered a safe area. But one patient was already infected without knowing it and the coronavirus spread.
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