A villa dela Cruz, gets ready for another shift.

一棟別墅德拉克魯茲，準備再換一次班。

The 60 year olds immigrant from Mexico puts on her face, mask and gown as she prepares to clean the rooms of patients who have Cove in 19.

這位來自墨西哥的60歲移民戴上臉部、口罩和長袍，準備為19日有科夫的病人打掃房間。

De la Cruz was assigned to the covert ward at the start of the Pandemic in March.

德拉克魯茲在3月大流行開始時被分配到祕密病房。

She told Reuters at her home in the Chicago suburb that she took up the task after many refused because she felt it was her duty.

她在芝加哥郊區的家中告訴路透社，在許多人拒絕後，她接受了這項任務，因為她認為這是她的責任。

E feel good working there.

在那裡工作感覺很好。

I'm happy serving the sick because I know I am doing something good, and that fills me with pride, knowing that I'm doing something good for the sick.

我很高興為病人服務，因為我知道我在做一件好事，這讓我充滿了自豪感，知道我在為病人做一件好事。

For the hospital for the country, The work of doctors, nurses and other health care professionals has been rightly championed during the pandemic, which people across the globe taking to their balconies at night to applaud medical workers.

對於醫院為國家，醫生，護士和其他衛生保健專業人員的工作一直是正確的冠軍，在大流行期間，全球各地的人在晚上到他們的陽臺，鼓掌醫務工作者。

Yet their ability to work has relied on a less visible category of frontline staff, janitors and cleaners like dela Cruz, who also risk infection and death but receive far fewer accolades.

然而，他們的工作能力卻依賴於一類不太顯眼的一線工作人員--像德拉克魯茲這樣的看門人和清潔工，他們也有感染和死亡的風險，但獲得的榮譽卻少得多。

De la Cruz has been laboring seven days a week, sometimes for weeks on end.

德拉克魯茲一週七天都在勞動，有時甚至連續幾周都在勞動。

And since the outbreak began, the only time she took more than the occasional day off was in July, when she herself was infected with the virus.

而自疫情爆發以來，她唯一一次超過偶爾休息的時間是在7月份，當時她自己也感染了病毒。

Ah, month later, she returned and carried on her responsibilities of disinfecting the coronavirus contaminated areas of the hospital and keeping patients rooms clean.

啊，一個月後，她回來了，繼續履行著她的職責，為醫院的冠狀病毒汙染區消毒，保持病人房間的清潔。

Seeing a sick person and not being able to help is very painful.

看到生病的人，卻無能為力，是非常痛苦的。

If I were able to, I would if my hands could cure these people, I would.

如果我有能力，我會... ...如果我的手能治好這些人，我會的。

It hurts me so much, not being able to help them, but I can be there serving them and cleaning their room.

我很痛苦，不能幫助他們，但我可以在那裡為他們服務，為他們打掃房間。

De la Cruz, who has lived in the U.

德拉克魯茲，他曾在美國生活。

S for three decades, says she keeps the vase filled with fresh flowers at all times as an offering to God as she prays for an end to the pandemic.

S三十年來，她說她一直把花瓶裡裝滿了新鮮的鮮花，作為獻給上帝的祭品，她祈禱結束這種流行病。