AN EMOTIONAL plea to stay inside this weekend, despite predictions of good weather, has been made by medical chiefs following the death of two young NHS nurses.
Chief nurse Ruth May asked people to remember Aimee O'Rourke, 39, and Areema Nasreen,36, who were working on the frontline to fight the virus.
She also warned that there would be more casualties from within the health service as the pandemic progresses.
Speaking during the daily press conference Ms May said: "I'm very grateful to you, the British public, for your patience, and in helping our NHS.
"This weekend is going to be very warm, and it is very tempting to go out and enjoy those summer rays. But please... I asked you to remember Aimee and Areema. Please stay at home for them."
She added that the women were "two registered nurses working to protect our public, and they sadly have died.
"My sincere condolences to their family, their friends and their colleagues, because they were one of us. They were one of my profession, of the NHS family.
"I worry that there's going to be more. And I want to honor them today and recognise their service."
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Tributes poured in for the two nurses today, with mother-of-three Ms Nasreen, who worked at Walsall Manor Hospital near Birmingham, described as “the most loveliest, genuine person you could ever meet”.
Ms O’Rourke, also a mother-of-three who worked at the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital in Margate, Kent, was heralded by friends as a nurse who “gave her life to make sure other people survived” during the coronavirus outbreak.
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