Hospital Cleaner Looks At Coronavirus Pandemic As A Chance To Give Back To Her Community

Gina Rejas is on the frontlines of the coronavirus crisis every day, risking her life to protect the lives of others. She’s not a doctor nor a nurse; she’s a cleaner on the COVID-19 patient floor in a Westchester, N.Y., hospital. hereandnow

Lea el artículo en españolGina Rejas is on the frontlines of the coronavirus crisis every day, risking her life to protect the lives of others.

Westchester County alone has more than 15,000 coronavirus cases as of Thursday, with a rate of 1,755 infected people per 100,000, according to. That’s more than New York City, which has a rate of 815 cases per 100,000 people. Plus, White Plains Hospital is a 20-minute drive from New Rochelle, where an exponentially growing cluster of coronavirus cases was discovered in early March, kicking off the greater state battle with the virus.

"My mother-in-law is an immigrant from Peru working as a hospital cleaner near the center of the #coronavirus crisis in Westchester NY,” Walker wrote on Twitter. “She posted this photo and said, ‘This is my chance to thank New York for making my family's dreams come true.’ I love her a lot and am so proud.”

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