Brazil nurses come up with innovative idea to comfort Covid-19 patients. Viral story

Nurses in Brazil used two disposable gloves and filled them with hot water to provide comfort to Covid-infected patients.

With people practicing social distancing and self-isolation to curb the further spread of coronavirus, it has become impossible to extend human touch to those in need. But in order to comfort Covid-19 patients in isolation, nurses in Brazil have come up with an innovative idea that imitates human touch. You know what they require to do so? Just a pair of disposable gloves. ‘The hand of God’ — nurses trying to comfort isolated patients in a Brazilian Covid isolation ward. Two disposable gloves tied, full of hot water, simulating impossible human contact. Salute to the front liners and a stark reminder of the grim situation our world is in! #MaskUp pic.twitter.com/HgVFwOtg2f Heart touching and caring thought but grim too. when will our countrymen learn to wear mask and social distancing? It's spreading, it's killing, it's affecting bad but people were and still are careless Lower glove is probably to avoid pressure sore upper one is definitely for comforting the ailing Patient Excellent idea! I'm gonna wrap this around my hoohaa Big Hero 6 pic.twitter.com/FPwXeME2iT Worried about water spillage on electrical circuitry and the hot water too. How wonderfully creative and compassionate! Umm. This must for medicinal purpose Really heart touching Yes. You read that right. There’s no rocket science involved in the procedure. The nurses used two disposable gloves, and tied them up after filling them with hot water. Sadiq Sameer Bhat, a journalist working with the Gulf News, shared an image in which the inflated gloves were kept on the hands of a patient so as to provide him the feel of human touch.