In Bergamo, Brussels, Paris, Alcorcón or Berlin, nurses,
garbage collectors, home delivery men and cashiers - among other often
underrated trades - continue to work in the shadows, exposed to the risk of
contracting covid-19, for the well-being of the population.
A true army of "invisible" without which the
European countries that decreed the confinement of the population would be
paralyzed.
AFP disseminates the testimony of some of those
self-sacrificing workers in five countries in Europe.
- Ester Piccinini, nurse in Bergamo
Ester Piccinini, a 27-year-old nurse, lives in Albino, a town
near Bergamo, northern Italy. He works at the Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital in
Bergamo, one of the cities hardest hit by the new coronavirus.
For a month, her life has been altered. Before the pandemic,
she was coordinator of the “private patients” wing, where patients were housed
awaiting surgery. Since March 1, the wing is dedicated to the coronavirus. The
most serious patients, who need respiratory assistance before being transferred
to intensive care, are installed there.
"Currently we have 44 patients who have covid-19 (...)
My work has completely changed," he says.
To work, it must be equipped with special suits and masks.
Married, without children, she earns between 1,400 and 1,500 euros per month.
“I don't see my parents anymore, because I don't want to
risk infecting them. In the morning, when I arrive at the service, I make the
sign of the cross hoping that everything goes well. I don't do it for me, I
don't worry about me because I'm protected. But I hope the patients are fine.
"
“When a patient is transferred to intensive care, it means
that his situation is critical. We try to reassure them. A caress is worth a
thousand words, "he says.
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