COVID-19 Updates, News, White House Report

Nurses Speak Out About Shortage of Equipment, Staff, Concerns for Family Members

April Ryan
April 17, 2020

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President Trump has issued a plan to reopen the nation’s economy on the same day with the highest COVID-19 deaths, 4,591.

Those on the front line of the coronavirus are risking their lives daily especially as the problem of lack of PPE, personal protection equipment, for many health care workers. April Ryan speaks with Martha Dawson, President, National Black Nurses Association.

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Medical personnel wearing protective equipment screen people referred by doctors for COVID-19 testing in a parking lot of FedEx Field, Monday, March 30, 2020, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only Black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House, a position she has held with AURN since the Clinton era. Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her heightened insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation. April has written three books; The Presidency in Black & White: My Close-Up View of Three Presidents and Race in America, At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White, and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. Twitter: @aprildryan