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Dramatic photos show doctors and nurses struggling on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic around the world

Thousands of doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel are working around the clock to treat patients infected with the new coronavirus .

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Doctors, nurses, and other medical staff are flocking to the front lines as the world struggles to contain the coronavirus outbreak, which has now infected more than 341,000 people and spread to at least 167 countries and territories.

As hospitals fill up and more and more people get infected on a daily basis, medical staff have to endure long hours, intensifying conditions, and the looming fear of contracting the virus themselves.

From watching patients die alone to delivering a baby infected with coronavirus, nurses and doctors alike have seen the worst of this disease.

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Scroll down to see what life is like on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak.

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"I am physically tired because the protective devices are bad, the lab coat makes me sweat, and once dressed, I can no longer go to the bathroom or drink for six hours," Alessia Bonari, an Italian nurse in Milan, wrote on Instagram earlier this month.

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Doctors and nurses from countries like China and Italy which have seen the highest infections and deaths from the virus have been sharing selfies of their bruised faces on social media, Britain's Metro newspaper reported .

Bonari, the Italian nurse, also shared a photo of her face bruised from heavy protective gear.

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It is still unclear whether the baby, whose mother tested positive for coronavirus, contracted the disease in the womb or after birth, according to the BBC.

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Dr. Rinesh Parmar, chair of the Doctors' Association, told the BBC's "The Andrew Marr Show": "We have had doctors tell us they feel like lambs to the slaughter, that they feel like cannon fodder. GPs [general practitioners] tell us that they feel absolutely abandoned," according to The Guardian.

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These signs are from medics with the National Health Service (NHS) in Britain, which is struggling to contain the outbreak:

Medics are sharing these messages amid reports that some people are ignoring official advice and still refusing to self-isolate .

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"We are at the end of our strength," said Romano Paolucci, a doctor who came out of retirement to help at the hospital near Cremona, according to Reuters .

"We do not have sufficient resources and especially staff because apart from everything else, now the staff are beginning to get sick."

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Britain's Metro newspaper cited multiple health workers as saying they are covering each other's shifts and lifting team morale as much as they can.

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"We are all afraid but we have a revolutionary duty to fulfill, so we take out fear and put it to one side," said Leonardo Fernandez, a 68-year-old intensive-care specialist, according to The New York Times .

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SEE ALSO: An Italian coronavirus nurse posted a picture of her face bruised from wearing a mask to highlight how much health workers are struggling

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