of medical clothing.
The unnamed nurse who is in her 20s was pictured in a coronavirus ward for male
patients in Tula,120 miles south of Moscow,and the picture was spotted online by
her bosses.
She was called in for a meeting where she said she was too hot wearing her normal
uniform underneath the see-through plastic PPE she had been given. She also said
she didn't realise how transparent the PPE was.
The regional health ministry said that 'a disciplinary sanction was applied to the
nurse of the infectious diseases department who violated (uniform) requirements'.
A patient said there was no objection to her attire but there had been some 'embarrassment'.
Responding to local newspaper reports,readers said that she had shown a sense of
humour while another woman said she had raised the patients mood.
The exact nature of her reprimand is unknown.
According to Worldometer, Russia has had 308,705 infections from coronavirus
with 2,972 deaths and 85,392 recoveries.
Some fear the statistics have been downplayed by authorities.
