MANILA ¨C From across the Philippines, they gathered to pray by Zoom.
They were praying to be allowed to leave: To be allowed to take up nursing jobs in countries where the coronavirus is killing thousands in hospitals and care homes. In recent months, these care workers have taken to calling themselves ¡°priso-nurses.¡±
With infections also surging in the Philippines, the government in April banned health care workers from leaving the country. They were needed, it said, to fight the pandemic at home.
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