An intensive care nurse has posted a heartbreaking image of her tired and scared face, pleading with people to stay home this Easter.
Aimée Goold from East Retford, Nottinghamshire shared the distressing image on Thursday yesterday after wearing personal protective equipment for over thirteen hours during her shift.
Aimée, who works at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospital, revealed she had been working 65 hour weeks and begged people to “remember her face” when thinking of going out this weekend.
The photo shows an exhausted Aimée in her uniform with red welts and marks across her cheeks and nose.
She said: “This is the face going through hell.
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“This is the face full of pressure damage from wearing PPE for almost 13 hours a day.
“This is the face of someone who hasn’t seen their own family for nearly a month.
“This is the face of someone who holds your dying family members hand, so they’re never alone.”
Aimee finished her post by saying: “This is the face of an ICU nurse that is begging you: to stay inside, protect us, protect the NHS and help us save lives.”
The poignant post comes as the number of daily deaths from coronavirus in the UK passed the peaks in Spain and Italy for the first time.
Some 8,958 people died in the UK after testing positive for Covid-19 as of 5pm yesterday - a rise of 980 on the day before.
The daily rise of 980 outstrips the UK's previous biggest jump of 938.
And for the first time it means the UK has recorded more new deaths in one day than Italy and Spain did at their peak.
Italy recorded 971 new deaths on March 28 while Spain recorded 950 on April 3, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
