With one in two nurses thinking of quitting their job, Canada’s health care system is currently in a crisis, Linda Silas, president of the Canadian Federation of Nurses union says.

While health-care workers have been celebrated as heroes, experts say they are also just as vulnerable to mental health hardships as any other person.

The standards, which the Public Health Agency of Canada updated last week, lay out the precautions health-care workers should take when assessing and treating a patient with a possible case of the coronavirus, including what protective equipment should be used.