The lawn of the US Capitol building was flooded with a thousand signs depicting healthcare workers and essential workers in a plea to the government for PPE.
As of mid-April, more than 9,200 healthcare workers have been infected by the coronavirus, which causes a respiratory illness known as COVID-19. More than two million people have collectively signed petitions demanding Congress take swifter action in response to the lack of available PPE to essential workers.
In a protest designed to adhere to social-distancing and with care taken for safety, 1,000 pop-up signs were arranged on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building showing the faces of nurses and frontline healthcare workers pleading for adequate personal protective equipment on April 17, 2020 in Washington, DC.According to the MoveOn statement, the involved organizations are making the following demands:Give all healthcare and medical workers immediate and free access to COVID-19 tests.
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