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The message from front-line workers in Alberta hospitals is short and clear.

Stay home.

A new video, posted by Alberta Health Services on Twitter, went inside hospital emergency rooms and other departments to hear the voices and pleas of more than a dozen health-care workers.

Please take a moment to watch this important message created by our colleagues on the frontlines. #COVID19 #StayAtHome #WeAreAHS @AHS_YEGZone pic.twitter.com/aQ26x2wVdK — Alberta Health Services (@AHS_media) March 26, 2020

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In the short one-minute video, registered nurses, an emergency room doctor, family physician, anesthesiologist, paramedic and unit clerk on the trauma unit are among the professionals sharing an urgent message.

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“We are doing our part, please do yours,” said one of the health care workers.

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Shortly after the video was posted, people thanked the health-care workers and called them the true heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The video ends with the statement:

“Please stay home for us. We’ll stay here for you.”

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