Photos: Italy's coronavirus medical heroes

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, March 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, Antonio Calanni, 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, March 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Intensive care unit nurse Michela Pagati, 48, poses for a photo at the Brescia Spedali Civili Hospital, in Brescia, Italy, March 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Martina Papponetti, 25, an ICU nurse at the Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital, poses for a portrait at the end of her shift in Bergamo, Italy, March 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Doctor Marta Catoni, 33, an immunologist at Rome's COVID 3 Spoke Casalpalocco Clinic, poses for a portrait during a break in her daily shift in Rome, Italy, March 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Daniele Rondinella, 30, an ICU nurse at Rome's COVID 3 Spoke Casalpalocco Clinic, poses for a portrait during a break in his daily shift in Rome, Italy, March 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Director of the Intensive Care unit Gabriele Tomasoni, 65, poses for a portrait at the Brescia Spedali Civic Hospital, in Brescia, Italy, March 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Alessandro D'Aveni, 33, an oncologist working in the COVID sub-intensive care unit at the Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital, poses for a portrait at the end of his shift in Bergamo, Italy, March 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Daniela Turno, 34, an ICU nurse at the Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital, poses for a portrait at the end of her shift in Bergamo, Italy, March 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Adriano Rodriguez, 48, an ICU nurse at Rome's COVID 3 Spoke Casalpalocco Clinic, poses for a portrait during a break in his daily shift, in Rome, Italy, March 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Laura Orsini, 39, an administrative worker at Rome's COVID 3 Spoke Casalpalocco Clinic, poses for a portrait during a break in her daily shift in Rome, Italy, March 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Luca Tarantino, 37, an Emergency nurse at the Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital, poses for a portrait at the end of his shift in Bergamo, Italy, March 27, 2020. (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 during a break in his daily shift in Rome, Italy, March 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Lucia Perolari, 24, a nurse at the Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital, poses for a portrait at the end of her shift in Bergamo, Italy, March 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Mirko Perruzza, 43, a nurse at Rome's COVID 3 Spoke Casalpalocco Clinic, poses for a portrait during a break in his daily shift in Rome, Italy, March 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Claudia Accardo, ICU transport service at Rome's COVID 3 Spoke Casalpalocco Clinic, poses for a portrait during a break in her daily shift in Rome, Italy, March 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Anna Travezzano, 39, a nurse at the Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital, poses for a portrait at the end of her shift in Bergamo, Italy, March 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)