At least 9,282 health care personnel in the U.S. have been infected with the novel coronavirus and at least 27 have died, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
By the end of March, Gatewood reportedly developed bi-lateral pneumonia before she collapsed and was taken by ambulance to Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit where she died.
"The moment she [the nurse] was exposed, she should have been given the test. Instead of having to wait until symptoms appeared...she wasn't given the test [immediately] despite having worked at the hospital in that capacity. And it cost her her life," Alexis Fernandez, a friend of the nurse who lives next door, said at the time.
"Overall, only 3% of reported cases were among HCP; however, among states with more complete reporting of HCP status, HCP accounted for 11% of reported cases. The total number of COVID-19 cases among HCP is expected to rise as more U.S. communities experience widespread transmission," it adds. "With no federal health and safety standard, nurses and other health care workers in many hospitals across the country have not been provided with adequate PPE to protect them from exposure to the virus," NNU said in a statement.
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