The invisible hospital workers fighting COVID-19 in Mexico

Cleaning crews keep hospitals clean knowing that their efforts will often go unnoticed

Last updated: September 14, 2020 | 13:47

Compiled by Christian Borbon, Senior Web Editor

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Cleaning workers also risk their lives in Mexico's pandemic hospitals, knowing that their efforts often go unnoticed.

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A worker moves a cart loaded with dirty laundry from the COVID-19 zone in the laundry room of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) in Mexico City.

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A worker folds clean clothes at the laundry room of the Mexican Institute of Social Security in Mexico city.

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Workers at the laundry room of the Mexican Institute of Social Security in Mexico city.

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Workers handle dirty laundry from the COVID-19 zone in the laundry room of the Mexican Institute of Social Security in Mexico city.

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Workers handle dirty laundry from the COVID-19 zone in the laundry room of the Mexican Institute of Social Security.

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A worker disinfects dirty laundry from the COVID-19 zone in the laundry room of the Mexican Institute of Social Security in Mexico city.

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Mexican Rodolfo Diaz at the laundry room of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) in Mexico City .

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Workers walk at the laundry room of the Mexican Institute of Social Security in Mexico city.

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Mexican Idalia Diaz at the laundry room of the Mexican Institute of Social Security in Mexico city.

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A worker handles dirty laundry from the COVID-19 zone in the laundry room of the Mexican Institute of Social Security in Mexico city.

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A worker folds clean clothes at the laundry room of the Mexican Institute of Social Security in Mexico city.

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A worker handles dirty laundry from the COVID-19 zone in the laundry room of the Mexican Institute of Social Security in Mexico city.

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Workers handle dirty laundry from the COVID-19 zone in the laundry room of the Mexican Institute of Social Security in Mexico city.

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A worker handles dirty laundry from the COVID-19 zone in the laundry room of the Mexican Institute of Social Security in Mexico city.

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