Italy Update: Italian nurses share the startling reality of fighting the pandemic

Along with doctors and other medical staff, nurses have been on the frontline of Italy's fight against the coronavirus.

She as said to be bruised after using a face mask and said she couldnot go to the toilet or drink for six hours. Another collapsed asleep on a laptop at the end of a relentless 10-hour shift.

Along with doctors and other medical staff, nurses have been on the frontline of Italy's fight against coronavirus - sharing stories of exhaustion and heroism in the face of a disease that has killed more than 800 people in the country and infected over 12,400

Young nurse Alessia Bonari, who shared a photo showing the marks on her face after wearing a protective mask, said she was afraid to go to work every day

In an Instagram post, she wrote: "I am afraid because the mask might not stick properly to the face, or I might have accidentally touched myself with dirty gloves, or maybe the lenses don't cover my eyes fully and something slipped by.

"I am physically tired because the protective devices hurt, the lab coat makes me sweat and once I'm dressed I can no longer go to the bathroom or drink for six hours.

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