Funeral parlour staff members in protective suits help a colleague with disinfection after they transferred a body at a hospital, following the outbreak of a new coronavirus in Wuhan, Hubei province, China January 30, 2020. Picture taken January 30, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS
Nurses at Montefiore Medical Center Moses Division hospital hold a protest demanding N95 masks and other critical Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to handle patients during the outbreak coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York, U.S., April 2, 2020.
An E.M.T. is seen through glass at the Brooklyn Hospital Center, which has erected a tent to test for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Brooklyn, New York City, U.S., March 19, 2020.
A health worker dressed in protective suit prepares to disinfect the residence where Kenya's first confirmed coronavirus patient was staying, in the town of Rongai near Nairobi, Kenya March 14, 2020.
A medical worker in a protective suit is seen at the San Filippo Neri hospital, where patients suffering from the coronoavirus disease (COVID-19) are treated, in Rome, Italy, March 30, 2020.
Medical workers in protective suits check a CT (computed tomography) scan image of a patient at a community health service center, which has an isolated section to receive patients with mild symptoms caused by the novel coronavirus and suspected patients of the virus, in Qingshan district of Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 8, 2020. Picture taken February 8, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS
A hospital worker wearing a protective face mask rests on a cushion placed on top of pews as a funeral chapel temporarily shelters health workers from a nearby hospital taking in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients, in Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines April 1, 2020.
Doctor Nicky Longley, Infectious Disease Consultant at UCLH, puts on her Level 1 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, as the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases grow around the world, in London, Britain April 1, 2020.
A healthcare worker sits on the curb as he uses a vaping device while taking a break outside Maimonides Medical Center during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, U.S., April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid
Italian doctor Cecilia Bartalena, 35, rests with her face in her hands as she returns home from a long shift in the emergency ward at the Cisanello hospital, in this picture taken by her husband, musician Lorenzo Marianelli, in Pisa, Italy, March 31 2020. Looking after patients suffering with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Bartalena has had to change the way she interacts with her family when she gets home from the hospital - she uses a separate bathroom from her husband and four-year-old daughter, eats meals in a separate area, and sleeps alone in her daughter's bedroom. Picture taken March 31, 2020. Lorenzo Marianelli via REUTERS
A medical worker in a protective suit arrives at the Policlinico Tor Vergata hospital, where patients suffering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are being treated, in Rome, Italy, April 6, 2020.
Medical workers wearing disposable raincoats as their protective suits to serve patients are pictured amid the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak at a local health center in Aceh, Indonesia, April 6, 2020 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Picture taken April 6, 2020. Antara Foto/Irwansyah Putra/ via REUTERS
Members of the medical personnel take a break in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) unit at CHU de Liege hospital in Liege, Belgium, April 4, 2020.
Medical staff, wearing protective suits and face masks, work at the intensive care unit for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients at Ambroise Pare clinic in Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues in France, April 1, 2020.
Medical staff wearing protective clothing at St Thomas' hospital as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, March 31, 2020.
A health worker wearing a protective gear takes a break during transfer operations of patients infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from Strasbourg to Germany and Switzerland, France March 30, 2020.
Medical workers in protective suits treat a patient suffering with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in an intensive care unit at the Casalpalocco hospital, a hospital in Rome that has been dedicated to treating cases of the disease, Italy, March 24, 2020.
Medical workers hug each other outside the emergency rooms at Severo Ochoa Hospital during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Leganes, Spain, March 26, 2020.
A nurse in protective suit attends to a baby with COVID-19, caused by the coronavirus, at an isolation ward of Wuhan Children's Hospital in Wuhan, Hubei province, China March 16, 2020. Picture taken March 16, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS
A nurse rests during a night shift at a hospital in Cremona, Italy March 8, 2020, in this image obtained from social media. Francesca Mangiatordi/@france_exa/via REUTERS.
A local medical worker embraces and bids farewell to a medical worker from Jiangsu at the Wuhan Railway Station as the medical team from Jiangsu leaves Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Hubei province, China March 19, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS
Staff members of a hospital carry candles and oil lamps to show solidarity with people who are affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and with doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers from all over the world during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to slow the spreading of the disease, in Kolkata, India, April 5, 2020.
Doctor Pierre Squara works at the intensive care unit for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients at Ambroise Pare clinic in Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues in France, April 1, 2020.
A medical worker in a protective suit takes a break during her night shift at a community health service center, which has an isolated section to receive patients with mild symptoms caused by the novel coronavirus and suspected patients of the virus, in Qingshan district of Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 9, 2020. Picture taken February 9, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS
A member of medical personnel reacts in the COVID-19 unit at Erasme Hospital in Brussels, Belgium, March 30, 2020.
A member of the medical personnel looks on at the Cernusco sul Naviglio hospital for patients suffering the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Milan, Italy, April 7, 2020.
A medical staff member wearing a face mask is seen inside the Dubrava hospital in Zagreb, Croatia, March 15, 2020.
A member of the medical personnel gestures as patients suffering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are treated at the intensive care unit at MontLegia CHC clinic in Liege, Belgium, March 26, 2020.
NHS workers applaud on the streets outside Chelsea and Westminster Hospital during the Clap for our Carers campaign in support of the NHS as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 2, 2020.
A healthcare worker sits on a bench near Central Park in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., March 30, 2020.
Healthcare worker Phuong Tran gets help with a face shield before working at a coronavirus testing site outside International Community Health Services in the Chinatown-International District during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Seattle, Washington, U.S. March 26, 2020.
A person wearing a PPE suit exits the Elmhurst Hospital center as the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in the neighborhood of Queens in New York, U.S., April 5, 2020. REUTERS / Eduardo Munoz
A member of the medical personnel looks on at the Cernusco sul Naviglio hospital for patients suffering the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Milan, Italy, April 7, 2020.
Medical staff at St Thomas’ Hospital relax during a break in London, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 6, 2020.
Medical workers protest outside a hospital, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues in Athens, Greece, April 7, 2020.
Case Manager Mike Mayer poses for a portrait outside a tent to isolate the homeless who have contracted coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and a tent to quarantine the homeless who may have come in contact with someone infected run by Boston Health Care for the Homeless in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., April 2, 2020.
Medical staff in protective gear wave from the Intensive Care Unit of La Paz Hospital, during a partial lockdown as part of a 15-day state of emergency to combat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain March 18, 2020.
Portrait of a frontline coronavirus worker