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Scenes from intensive care units at hospitals around the world, where medical staff are treating the most severe cases of COVID-19.
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An intubated patient tries to gesture at a medical worker holding his hand at the ICU of the Sotiria hospital, in Athens, Greece, April 25, 2020. REUTERS/Giorgos Moutafis
Nurse Leah Silver cares for a COVID-19 patient in the COVID ICU at the University of Washington Medical Center - Montlake in Seattle, Washington, April 24, 2020. REUTERS/David Ryder
Nurse Ashlee Davis disinfects Leah Silver's personal protective equipment after she left the room of a COVID-19 patient in the COVID ICU at the University of Washington Medical Center - Montlake in Seattle, Washington, April 24, 2020.
Hospital staff do yoga stretches and breathing exercises in the ICU at the Hospital Clinic in Barcelona, Spain, April 23, 2020. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
The video feed on a baby monitor displays the interior of a COVID-19 patient's room in the COVID ICU at the University of Washington Medical Center - Montlake in Seattle, Washington, April 24, 2020. REUTERS/David Ryder
Medical workers treat a COVID-19 patient inside the ICU at the Hospital for Infectious and Tropical Diseases of the Clinical Center of Serbia in Belgrade, Serbia, April 24, 2020. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
COVID-19 patient Theresa B. receives treatment from physician Amanda Shepherd in the COVID ICU at the University of Washington Medical Center - Montlake in Seattle, Washington, April 24, 2020. REUTERS/David Ryder
A nurse cares for a COVID-19 patient in the COVID ICU at the University of Washington Medical Center - Montlake in Seattle, Washington, April 24, 2020. REUTERS/David Ryder
Brandel Janke and Moriah Janke, who are married, wear matching shirts while working together in the COVID ICU at the University of Washington Medical Center - Montlake in Seattle, Washington, April 24, 2020. REUTERS/David Ryder
A medical worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) takes care of a patient at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Sotiria hospital during the coronavirus outbreak in Athens, Greece, April 25, 2020. REUTERS/Giorgos Moutafis
Paula Johnson, a registered nurse, administers a deep suction tube into the lungs of a COVID-19 positive patient, in the intensive care unit of Roseland Community Hospital on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, April 22, 2020.
Medical staff members surround patient Mang Phother, 61, who spent 16 days in the ICU with COVID-19, as he leaves the Clinique de l'Estree private hospital in Stains near Paris, France, April 23, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Branko Milosevic and his team wave inside the ICU at the Hospital for Infectious and Tropical Diseases of the Clinical Center of Serbia, in Belgrade, Serbia, April 24, 2020. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
Hospital staff treat patients suffering from COVID-19 in the ICU at the Hospital Clinic in Barcelona, Spain, April 23, 2020. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
Messages of support are seen on a wall as hospital staff walk past at the Hospital Clinic Barcelona in Spain, April 23, 2020. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
A patient suffering from COVID-19 is treated in the ICU at the Centre Cardiologique du Nord private hospital in Saint-Denis near Paris, France, April 22, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Patient Kouyate, 69, practices rehabilitation exercises with physiotherapist Christophe Passot after spending 21 days in the ICU at the Centre Cardiologique du Nord private hospital in Saint-Denis near Paris, France, April 22, 2020.
Doctors talk to each other through a separating window during treatment of a COVID-19 patient in an intensive care unit at Havelhoehe community hospital in Berlin, Germany, April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Belgian doctor Antoine Sassine, urologist at Chirec Delta Hospital, who survived COVID-19 after 6 weeks in the intensive care unit and 3.5 weeks in a coma, embraces his wife Alexandra as he leaves the hospital in Brussels, Belgium, April 19, 2020.
Medical personnel jump in the COVID-19 unit at the CHR Centre Hospitalier Regional de la Citadelle Hospital in Liege, Belgium, April 22, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Nurse Samantha Poirier, 28, checks an artificial respirator as she treats a patient suffering from COVID-19 in the ICU at the Clinique de l'Estree private hospital in Stains near Paris, France, April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Patient Christine Anest, 82-year-old, prepares to leave the ICU after being treated for COVID-19 at the Clinique de l'Estree private hospital in Stains near Paris, France, April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Patient Mang Phother, 61, practices respiratory rehabilitation exercises in the ICU at the Clinique de l'Estree private hospital in Stains near Paris, France, April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
A member of medical staff checks her temperature prior to working in the intensive care unit (ICU), at the Cleveland Clinic hospital in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Christopher Pike
A patient suffering from COVID-19 lies in a CT scanner in the ICU at the Clinique de l'Estree private hospital in Stains near Paris, France, April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
A member of the medical staff, wearing a face protective mask, sends a message on her mobile phone during a break, in the ICU at the Clinique de l'Estree private hospital in Stains near Paris, France, April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
A COVID-19 patient who has recovered wipes away tears as he's cheered on by hospital staff while walking out of the intensive care unit in Suresnes, France April 14, 2020. Hopital Foch via REUTERS
A patient undergoes rehabilitation in an ICU for COVID-19 patients at the Clinique de l'Orangerie private hospital in Strasbourg, France April 17, 2020. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
A member of the medical personnel works as COVID-19 patients are treated at the intensive care unit at CHIREC Delta Hospital in Brussels, Belgium, April 18, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Doctor Katharina Franz and paramedic Andreas Hankel, of the rescue helicopter "Christoph Giessen", resuscitate a patient during preparations for his transport in the special isolation chamber "IsoArk", for highly infectious coronavirus disease
Medical workers disinfect the bag containing the body of a patient who died from coronavirus at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Sotiria hospital in Athens, Greece, April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Giorgos Moutafis
Medical workers take care of a patient at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Sotiria hospital in Athens, Greece, April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Giorgos Moutafis
Nurse Dilara Fahrioglu's goggles are fogged up after taking care of a patient at an intensive care unit of the Medicana International Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey, April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Health workers help a patient suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the ICU of the field hospital Municipal Gilberto Novaes in Manaus, Brazil April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly
A medical staff member rests leaning against a wall in an intensive care unit at the Santa Maria hospital in Lisbon, Portugal April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante
A medical staff member is seen next to a patient suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the intensive care unit at the Circolo hospital in Varese, Italy April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo
A patient suffering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is treated in an intensive care unit at the Franco-Britannique hospital in Levallois-Perret near Paris, France, April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
A pulse oximeter is placed on the hand of a patient at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Sotiria hospital in Athens, Greece, April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Giorgos Moutafis
A drawing made by a nurse is seen at a door in an intensive care unit at the Santa Maria hospital in Lisbon, Portugal April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante
Medical staff members wearing protective gear show their hands with the words written on gloves "Ce la faremo" ("We'll make it") written on them at the Circolo hospital in Varese, Italy April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo
A member of the medical staff is marked as he prepares to enter the COVID-19 unit at San Filippo Neri hospital in Rome, Italy April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Alberto Lingria
Medical staff, wearing protective face masks, work at the intensive care unit at the Institut Mutualiste Montsouris (IMM) hospital in Paris, France, April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
A placard reading "I inform you that our first intubated Covid patient came out today.
A member of the medical staff takes a lung X-ray of a patient suffering from COVID-19 at the intensive care unit at the Institut Mutualiste Montsouris (IMM) hospital in Paris, France, April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
A patient suffering from COVID-19 wears a full-face Easybreath snorkelling mask given by sport chain Decathlon and turned into a ventilator at the intensive care unit at Ambroise Pare clinic in Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris, France, April 1, 2020.
Medical staff, wearing protective suits and face masks, work at the intensive care unit for COVID-19 patients at Ambroise Pare clinic in Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris, France, April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
A patient suffering from COVID-19 is treated at the intensive care unit at Erasme Hospital in Brussels, Belgium, March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Members of the medical staff in protective suits treat COVID-19 patients in an intensive care unit at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan, Italy, March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo
A patient suffering from COVID-19 is treated at the intensive care unit at Erasme Hospital in Brussels, Belgium, March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman