About 15% of Hong Kong’s population may have been infected by Covid-19, local media reported, citing estimates by a professor advising the government on the pandemic.
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Frontline worker and single mother of two Annmarie Sliney opened up about the challenges she encountered in her roles amid the pandemic. The Dublin mom said that it had been a learning curve for her with the school closures, working at odd hours and longer shifts, and her family battling COVID-19.
Front Line Healthcare Worker and Single Mom of Twins Struggle During Pandemic
Sliney is a mom to 9-year-old twin girls, Méabh and Áine. Ever since the pandemic, she needed to balance the constantly changing and demanding needs of her work and her children. Sliney, the assistant director of midwifery and nursing at the Rotanda Hospital, had been in service for over 27 years. Now, there are safety concerns on top of the already unpredictable business that is pregnancy and childbirth. The frontline worker needed to work 14-hour shifts, early-morning and night duty at any given time of the week. Then the pandemic lockdown started, and schools cl