Three employees of a hospital in the American city of Cheverly, Maryland, simultaneously became pregnant, but refused to go on vacation in order to combat the epidemic. It is reported by ABC News.

Doctors Elizabeth Clayborn, Tu Carol Nguyen and Michelle Callahan continued to work in the ward, where patients with COVID-19 are admitted, at the sixth or seventh month of pregnancy. The hospital is overcrowded, all but urgent surgeries have been discontinued, and new patients are put in the tents of a field hospital in the street.

Claiborne, Nguyen, and Callahan learned about their pregnancies a few months ago. All three are waiting for girls, childbirth will take place in the summer. After the outbreak began, they gathered to discuss future plans.. Hospital management advised them to take leave at their own expense. “We decided that we would continue to work to help our colleagues,” says Clayborn. “We knew they would need our help.”.

In the United States, mothers of newborns working in organizations with 50 or more employees are granted unpaid leave for 12 weeks.

According to the latest data, on April 23, 2.69 million cases of infection with a new coronavirus infection were detected in the world.. 188.1 thousand people died from COVID-19, 738.4 thousand people recovered. In the United States revealed 866.1 thousand cases of infection, killing 48.9 thousand people.

Coronavirus infection is transmitted through small drops that are released from the patient’s nose or mouth and settle on surrounding objects.. WHO recommends staying more than a meter away from infected people, washing or disinfecting your hands regularly, and not touching your mouth, nose, and eyes..