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Europe’s Desperate Doctors Are Shielded by Trash Bags
Medical staff in Italy and Spain are struggling with a shortage of supplies and also getting infected themselves.
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At some Spanish hospitals, doctors and nurses resort to taping garbage sacks to their arms to shield themselves while they work to save an avalanche of patients fighting for breath. They’ve run out of disposable coats.