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World Service,5 mins

What is it like being a nurse on the Covid-19 frontline?

Focus on Africa

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In the UK, black healthworkers and those from other ethnic minorities are disproportionately affected by the coronavirus. Of the doctors who have died with Covid-19, 94% have been black or from another ethnic minority. The figure for nurses is 71%. Bola Mosuro has been speaking to Nigerian ward sister Ibironke Khadeejah Oladimeji, who describes how the past few weeks have been. (Photo: Ibironke Khadeejah Oladimeji. Credit: Ibironke Khadeejah Oladimeji)

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