Covid-19 is taking a devastating toll on Filipino American nurses
Co-President of National Nurses United, Zenei Cortez, tells Amanpour she s seeing supplies that nurses need locked up in closets.
Posted: Dec 12, 2020 9:01 PM
Updated: Dec 12, 2020 9:01 PM
Posted By: By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN
Nearly a third of the nurses who ve died of coronavirus in the US are Filipino, even though Filipino nurses make up just 4% of the nursing population nationwide.
A recent report from the largest nurses union in the country revealed the disproportionate number of deaths. It s a jarring statistic researchers are working to understand and a tragedy families across the US and around the world are living with every day.