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Covid-19 is taking a devastating toll on Filipino American nurses

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.

Covid-19 is taking a devastating toll on Filipino nurses

Covid-19 is taking a devastating toll on Filipino nurses CNN 12/11/2020 By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN © Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News/Getty Images Health care workers bow their heads at a vigil in California for Celia Marcos, a nurse who died two days after testing positive for coronavirus. Marcos, a Filipina nurse who died in April, is one of the fallen nurses mentioned in a recent report by the nation's largest nurses' union. 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.