Filipina nurses die of COVID-19 in UAE
A Filipina nurse working in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) died of COVID-19 on Mother's Day, May 10.
Another Filipina nurse, Lezly Concepcion, aged 31, passed away in Abu Dhabi on May 12 due to complications from the virus.
Concepcion was supposed to return home to be with her five-year-old daughter but had to cancel her plans because of the lockdown in parts of the Philippines.
Janette Daywan Alano, a charge nurse who died on Mother's Day, received tributes from the Philippine Nurses Association’s UAE chapter, which mourned her passing and praised her heroism.
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