WHO have stated that at 115,000 healthcare workers have died from Covid. This is around the world and there are now updated figures released. The director from WHO has stated that the estimate was given at the World Health Assembly and that there have been some shortfalls in the amount of deaths that have been reported. The 115,000 deaths are the same as a commercial plane crashing every single day, with no survivors, for 17 months. For 18 months now, healthcare workers have been standing in the space between life and death.

They have saved hundreds and thousands of lives and they have also done their bit to fight for others. Some have passed and many themselves have come down with the virus. The reporting on this is somewhat scant but at the end of the day, some estimate that it is much higher than estimates show. Those who work as a nurse agency employee or even those who work as a nursing recruitment agency employee are going to be continually affected by the virus. Of course, the shock and anger regarding this should not be diminished. 115,000 colleagues and friends have all paid a huge sacrifice. ICN have been frustrated about the lack of inaccurate data for quite some time when it comes to nursing deaths and that is awful to say the least. In October, Mr. Catton has stated that nurses across all countries have died and this is not acceptable. More should have been done to ensure that people had the support they needed at the time and at the end of the day, even though the situation is unpredictable, we have to learn from our mistakes. Who knows what is going to happen in the future, but right now it would seem that more needs to be done to ensure that this doesn’t happen again.