Coronavirus: Google honours medical staff working on the front lines with doodle

NEW DELHI: Google on Monday added another doodle to recognize and honour people who are working on the front line amidst coronavirus outbreak.


Today's Google doodle honoured millions of doctors, nurses and medical workers who have been relentlessly and defiantly working to save lives in extremely precarious conditions across the world.

The doodle was visible only in Asia and all of Africa sans North Africa. For the rest of the world, Google launched another doodle thanking grocery workers.

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Last week Google launched a doodle series to say thank you to the millions of people who continue to work on the front line, delivering services to the general public.

On April 6, Google initiated the series by thanking public health workers and researchers in the scientific community.

On April 8, Google launched its second doodle of the series thanking emergency service workers.

The next day, Google honoured the custodial and sanitation workers for their services.

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The fourth doodle of the series was dedicated to the farmworkers and farmers.

Earlier, Google via its doodle had urged people to stay at home and help break the chain of coronavirus infection.