Nurses across the United States have resorted to donning garbages bags as a protective gear against the coronavirus (COVID-19). Nurses at Mount Sinai West in Manhattan were among the first to adopt the use of bags, and photos of the workers splashed across the city tabloids this week.

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The pictures had been uploaded to social media by the nurses, but Mount Sinai has called on them to delete the photos.

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Mount Sinai assistant nursing manager, Kious Kelly, 48, died from the coronavirus Tuesday. Many at the hospital blamed the lack protective gear for his death.

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Mount Sinai’s flagship hospital admitted him on the Upper East Side branch on March 17.

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Article by Emily Bevacqua