In pictures: Life and death in Covid units around the world

Inside hospital wards around the world where medical staff are treating the most severe cases of coronavirus.

By Reuters

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A medical worker takes an elevator to the ICU for patients suffering from the coronavirus at a specialty hospital in New Delhi, India.
A medical worker takes an elevator to the ICU for patients suffering from the coronavirus at a specialty hospital in New Delhi, India.
Dr. Mabel Diaz takes a blood sample from Elsa Paniagua, who is a coronavirus patient, in an ICU at the Dr. Alberto Antranik Eurnekian hospital, in Ezeiza.
Dr. Mabel Diaz takes a blood sample from Elsa Paniagua, who is a coronavirus patient, in an ICU at the Dr. Alberto Antranik Eurnekian hospital, in Ezeiza.
A patient suffering from the coronavirus lies in bed at University Hospital Medical Center Bezanijska kosa in Belgrade, Serbia.
A patient suffering from the coronavirus lies in bed at University Hospital Medical Center Bezanijska kosa in Belgrade, Serbia.
Medical workers attend to a patient suffering from the coronavirus at University Hospital Medical Center Bezanijska kosa in Belgrade, Serbia.
Medical workers attend to a patient suffering from the coronavirus at University Hospital Medical Center Bezanijska kosa in Belgrade, Serbia.
Members of the medical staff treat a patient suffering from the coronavirus at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the General University Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic.
Members of the medical staff treat a patient suffering from the coronavirus at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the General University Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic.
A member of the medical staff holds the hand of a patient suffering from the coronavirus at the ICU of the General University Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic.
A member of the medical staff holds the hand of a patient suffering from the coronavirus at the ICU of the General University Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic.
Members of the medical staff embrace as they treat patients suffering from the coronavirus at the ICU of the General University Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic.
Members of the medical staff embrace as they treat patients suffering from the coronavirus at the ICU of the General University Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic.
Medical workers treat a patient in the ICU at the Clinique Bouchard-ELSAN private hospital in Marseille, France.
Medical workers treat a patient in the ICU at the Clinique Bouchard-ELSAN private hospital in Marseille, France.
A nurse wearing a protective suit and a face mask treats a patient suffering from the coronavirus in a hospital in Brussels, Belgium.
A nurse wearing a protective suit and a face mask treats a patient suffering from the coronavirus in a hospital in Brussels, Belgium.
A patient suffering from the coronavirus speaks to his family members using a robot named 'Mitra' at the ICU of the Yatharth Super Speciality Hospital in Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India.
A patient suffering from the coronavirus speaks to his family members using a robot named 'Mitra' at the ICU of the Yatharth Super Speciality Hospital in Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India.
A sticker reading 'Covid-19' is pictured on a bag with medical clothes amid the coronavirus outbreak in Brussels, Belgium.
A sticker reading "Covid-19" is pictured on a bag with medical clothes amid the coronavirus outbreak in Brussels, Belgium.
A nurse adjusts the protective suit of her colleague at the coronavirus treatment unit of a hospital in Brussels, Belgium.
A nurse adjusts the protective suit of her colleague at the coronavirus treatment unit of a hospital in Brussels, Belgium.
A medical worker stands next to an oxygen cylinder at the Yatharth Hospital in Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India.
A medical worker stands next to an oxygen cylinder at the Yatharth Hospital in Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India.
Hospital staff serves tea to a patient suffering from the coronavirus during an evening buffet at a terrace of the Yatharth Hospital in Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India.
Hospital staff serves tea to a patient suffering from the coronavirus during an evening buffet at a terrace of the Yatharth Hospital in Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India.
A patient suffering from the coronavirus listens a song on a mobile phone at the ICU of the Yatharth Hospital in Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India.
A patient suffering from the coronavirus listens a song on a mobile phone at the ICU of the Yatharth Hospital in Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India.
Tallulah Holmstrom, chief medical officer, wears protective gear in the ICU and discusses the coronavirus with Isabelle Kopec, critical-care physician in St. Louis, who monitors patients remotely across the United States for Advanced ICU Care, at KershawHealth hospital in Camden, South Carolina.
Tallulah Holmstrom, chief medical officer, wears protective gear in the ICU and discusses the coronavirus with Isabelle Kopec, critical-care physician in St. Louis, who monitors patients remotely across the United States for Advanced ICU Care, at KershawHealth hospital in Camden, South Carolina.
A patient suffering from the coronavirus is treated in the ICU at the Hopital Europeen hospital in Marseille, France.
A patient suffering from the coronavirus is treated in the ICU at the Hopital Europeen hospital in Marseille, France.

Published: Sat 26 Sep 2020, 8:36 AM

Last updated: Sat 26 Sep 2020, 4:32 PM

Medical workers wear PPE as they get ready to treat patients suffering from the coronavirus at the Max Smart Super Speciality Hospital in New Delhi, India.
Medical workers wear PPE as they get ready to treat patients suffering from the coronavirus at the Max Smart Super Speciality Hospital in New Delhi, India.

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