Slideshow: Portraits of Italy’s Front-Line Medical Professionals
Ana Travezano, 39, a nurse at the Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital in Bergamo, Italy poses for a portrait at the end of her shift Friday, March 27, 2020. The intensive care doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy are almost unrecognizable behind their masks, scrubs, gloves and hairnets. But that flimsy battle armor donned at the start of each shift is their only barrier to contagion. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Claudia Accardo, ICU transport service at Rome's COVID 3 Spoke Casalpalocco Clinic, poses for a portrait, Friday, March 27, 2020, during a break in her daily shift. The intensive care doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy are almost unrecognizable behind their masks, scrubs, gloves and hairnets. But that flimsy battle armor donned at the start of each shift is their only barrier to contagion. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Mirko Perruzza, 43, a nurse at Rome's COVID 3 Spoke Casalpalocco Clinic, poses for a portrait, Friday, March 27, 2020, during a break in his daily shift. Their eyes are tired. Their cheekbones are rubbed raw from protective masks. They don't smile. The intensive care doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy are often almost unrecognizable behind their masks, scrubs, gloves and hairnets their only barrier to contagion. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Lucia Perolari, 24, a nurse at the Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital in Bergamo, Italy poses for a portrait at the end of her shift Friday, March 27, 2020. The intensive care doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy are almost unrecognizable behind their masks, scrubs, gloves and hairnets. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Doctor Sebastiano Petracca, 48, head physician of the ICU at the Rome's COVID 3 Spoke Casalpalocco Clinic poses for a portrait, Friday, March 27, 2020, during a break in his daily shift. Their eyes are tired. Their cheekbones are rubbed raw from protective masks. They don't smile. The intensive care doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy are often almost unrecognizable behind their masks, scrubs, gloves and hairnets their only barrier to contagion. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis
Doctor Luca Tarantino, 37, an electrophysiologist at the Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital in Bergamo, Italy poses for a portrait at the end of his shift Friday, March 27, 2020. The intensive care doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy are almost unrecognizable behind their masks, scrubs, gloves and hairnets. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Laura Orsini, 39, an administrative worker at Rome's COVID 3 Spoke Casalpalocco Clinic poses for a portrait, Friday, March 27, 2020, during a break in her daily shift. The intensive care doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy are almost unrecognizable behind their masks, scrubs, gloves and hairnets. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis
Adriano Rodriguez, 48, an ICU nurse at Rome's COVID 3 Spoke Casalpalocco Clinic poses for a portrait, Friday, March 27, 2020, during a break in his daily shift. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Daniela Turno, 34, an ICU nurse at the Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital in Bergamo, Italy poses for a portrait at the end of her shift Friday, March 27, 2020. The intensive care doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy are almost unrecognizable behind their masks, scrubs, gloves and hairnets. "What we are living through is like a tattoo," said Daniela Turno, an ICU nurse at the Humanitas Gavazzeni hospital in Bergamo. "It will remain forever." (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Alessandro D'Aveni, 33, an oncologist working in the COVID sub-intensive care unit at the Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital in Bergamo, Italy poses for a portrait at the end of his shift Friday, March 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Director of the Intensive Care unit Gabriele Tomasoni, 65, poses for a portrait at the Brescia Spedali Civic Hospital, in Brescia, Italy Friday, March 27, 2020. The intensive care doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy are almost unrecognizable behind their masks, scrubs, gloves and hairnets. "These are patients who are starving for air," said Tomasoni. "We know these are elderly patients," Tomasoni said at the end of his shift on Friday evening. "They need closeness. Tenderness." (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Daniele Rondinella, 30, an ICU nurse at Rome's COVID 3 Spoke Casalpalocco Clinic poses for a portrait, Friday, March 27, 2020, during a break in his daily shift. The intensive care doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy are almost unrecognizable behind their masks, scrubs, gloves and hairnets. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Doctor Marta Catoni, 33, an immunologist at Rome's COVID 3 Spoke Casalpalocco Clinic, poses for a portrait, Friday, March 27, 2020, during a break in her daily shift. The doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy are almost unrecognizable behind their masks, scrubs, gloves and hairnets - the flimsy battle armor donned at the start of each shift as the only barrier to contagion. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Martina Papponetti, 25, a nurse at the Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital in Bergamo, Italy poses for a portrait at the end of her shift Friday, March 27, 2020. Their eyes are tired. Their cheekbones rubbed raw from protective masks. They don't smile. The doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy are almost unrecognizable behind their masks, scrubs, gloves and hairnets - the flimsy battle armor donned at the start of each shift as the only barrier to contagion. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
In this image taken on Friday, March 27, 2020, intensive care unit nurse Michela Pagati, 48, poses for a photo at the Brescia Spedali Civili Hospital, in Brescia, Italy. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Francesco Tarantini, 54, a nurse at the emergency structures that were set up to ease procedures for the arrival of Covid-19 patients, poses for a portrait at the Brescia Spedali Civili Hospital, in Brescia, Italy Friday, March 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
A combo of portraits of Italian doctors and nurses taken during a break or at the end of their shifts in Rome, Bergamo and Brescia, Italy, Friday, March 27, 2020. The intensive care doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy are often almost unrecognizable behind their masks, scrubs, gloves and hairnets their only barrier to contagion. Associated Press photographers fanned out on Friday to photograph them during rare breaks from hospital intensive care units in the Lombardy region cities of Bergamo and Brescia, and in Rome. In each case, doctors, nurses and paramedics posed in front of forest green surgical drapes, the bland backdrop of their sterile wards. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, Antonio Calanni, Luca Bruno)
Ana Travezano, 39, a nurse at the Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital in Bergamo, Italy poses for a portrait at the end of her shift Friday, March 27, 2020. The intensive care doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy are almost unrecognizable behind their masks, scrubs, gloves and hairnets. But that flimsy battle armor donned at the start of each shift is their only barrier to contagion. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Claudia Accardo, ICU transport service at Rome's COVID 3 Spoke Casalpalocco Clinic, poses for a portrait, Friday, March 27, 2020, during a break in her daily shift. The intensive care doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy are almost unrecognizable behind their masks, scrubs, gloves and hairnets. But that flimsy battle armor donned at the start of each shift is their only barrier to contagion. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Mirko Perruzza, 43, a nurse at Rome's COVID 3 Spoke Casalpalocco Clinic, poses for a portrait, Friday, March 27, 2020, during a break in his daily shift. Their eyes are tired. Their cheekbones are rubbed raw from protective masks. They don't smile. The intensive care doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy are often almost unrecognizable behind their masks, scrubs, gloves and hairnets their only barrier to contagion. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Lucia Perolari, 24, a nurse at the Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital in Bergamo, Italy poses for a portrait at the end of her shift Friday, March 27, 2020. The intensive care doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy are almost unrecognizable behind their masks, scrubs, gloves and hairnets. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Doctor Sebastiano Petracca, 48, head physician of the ICU at the Rome's COVID 3 Spoke Casalpalocco Clinic poses for a portrait, Friday, March 27, 2020, during a break in his daily shift. Their eyes are tired. Their cheekbones are rubbed raw from protective masks. They don't smile. The intensive care doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy are often almost unrecognizable behind their masks, scrubs, gloves and hairnets their only barrier to contagion. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis
Doctor Luca Tarantino, 37, an electrophysiologist at the Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital in Bergamo, Italy poses for a portrait at the end of his shift Friday, March 27, 2020. The intensive care doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy are almost unrecognizable behind their masks, scrubs, gloves and hairnets. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Laura Orsini, 39, an administrative worker at Rome's COVID 3 Spoke Casalpalocco Clinic poses for a portrait, Friday, March 27, 2020, during a break in her daily shift. The intensive care doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy are almost unrecognizable behind their masks, scrubs, gloves and hairnets. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis
Adriano Rodriguez, 48, an ICU nurse at Rome's COVID 3 Spoke Casalpalocco Clinic poses for a portrait, Friday, March 27, 2020, during a break in his daily shift. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Daniela Turno, 34, an ICU nurse at the Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital in Bergamo, Italy poses for a portrait at the end of her shift Friday, March 27, 2020. The intensive care doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy are almost unrecognizable behind their masks, scrubs, gloves and hairnets. "What we are living through is like a tattoo," said Daniela Turno, an ICU nurse at the Humanitas Gavazzeni hospital in Bergamo. "It will remain forever." (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Alessandro D'Aveni, 33, an oncologist working in the COVID sub-intensive care unit at the Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital in Bergamo, Italy poses for a portrait at the end of his shift Friday, March 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Director of the Intensive Care unit Gabriele Tomasoni, 65, poses for a portrait at the Brescia Spedali Civic Hospital, in Brescia, Italy Friday, March 27, 2020. The intensive care doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy are almost unrecognizable behind their masks, scrubs, gloves and hairnets. "These are patients who are starving for air," said Tomasoni. "We know these are elderly patients," Tomasoni said at the end of his shift on Friday evening. "They need closeness. Tenderness." (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Daniele Rondinella, 30, an ICU nurse at Rome's COVID 3 Spoke Casalpalocco Clinic poses for a portrait, Friday, March 27, 2020, during a break in his daily shift. The intensive care doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy are almost unrecognizable behind their masks, scrubs, gloves and hairnets. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Doctor Marta Catoni, 33, an immunologist at Rome's COVID 3 Spoke Casalpalocco Clinic, poses for a portrait, Friday, March 27, 2020, during a break in her daily shift. The doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy are almost unrecognizable behind their masks, scrubs, gloves and hairnets - the flimsy battle armor donned at the start of each shift as the only barrier to contagion. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Martina Papponetti, 25, a nurse at the Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital in Bergamo, Italy poses for a portrait at the end of her shift Friday, March 27, 2020. Their eyes are tired. Their cheekbones rubbed raw from protective masks. They don't smile. The doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy are almost unrecognizable behind their masks, scrubs, gloves and hairnets - the flimsy battle armor donned at the start of each shift as the only barrier to contagion. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
In this image taken on Friday, March 27, 2020, intensive care unit nurse Michela Pagati, 48, poses for a photo at the Brescia Spedali Civili Hospital, in Brescia, Italy. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Francesco Tarantini, 54, a nurse at the emergency structures that were set up to ease procedures for the arrival of Covid-19 patients, poses for a portrait at the Brescia Spedali Civili Hospital, in Brescia, Italy Friday, March 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
A combo of portraits of Italian doctors and nurses taken during a break or at the end of their shifts in Rome, Bergamo and Brescia, Italy, Friday, March 27, 2020. The intensive care doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy are often almost unrecognizable behind their masks, scrubs, gloves and hairnets their only barrier to contagion. Associated Press photographers fanned out on Friday to photograph them during rare breaks from hospital intensive care units in the Lombardy region cities of Bergamo and Brescia, and in Rome. In each case, doctors, nurses and paramedics posed in front of forest green surgical drapes, the bland backdrop of their sterile wards. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, Antonio Calanni, Luca Bruno)