'i Know Without Any Doubt That I'm Going To Lose Colleagues': New York Hospital Workers At The Front Line Describe The Stark Rea

Sgt. Amouris Coss/U.S. Army National Guard/Handout/Reuters Hospital workers in New York — the epicenter of the US coronavirus outbreak — describe the stark reality of treating patients amid a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE). One doctor described working conditions like a "petri dish" as coronavirus patients flood hospital hallways, The New York Times reported. As of March 30, the coronavirus has infected at least 67,384 people in New York, and the death toll in the state has surpassed 2,700. Doctors and nurses are getting infected — two nurses even died — of the virus, which causes a respiratory disease known as COVID-19, as they tend to patients amid a national shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE). Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. A New York doctor at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States described to The New York Times that working conditions were like being in a "petri dish," as doctors and nurses care for an overwhelming number of patients. As of March 30, the coronavirus has infected at least 67,384 people in New York, and the death toll in the state has surpassed 2,700.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: How running shoes can be recycled into ski bootsSee Also:These are the 10 best Super Mario games — and there's never been a better time to play themTake a look inside an abandoned New York City quarantine island that once housed Typhoid Mary and almost no one is allowed to visitThe best computer monitorsSEE ALSO: New York City is the epicenter of the US's coronavirus outbreak — here's how its death and hospitalization rates compare to the rest of the country