A significant number of French nurses responding to a poll say they are tired and fed up, with 37 per cent saying that the coronavirus pandemic is making them want to change jobs, AP reported.

The poll has been published by the National Order of Nurses comes as Covid-19 infection rates soar across the nation.

Nearly 59,400 nurses responded to the October 2-7 poll on the impact of the health crisis on their working conditions, out of 350,000 in the Order of Nurses.

Of nurses in public establishments, 43pc feel that we are not better prepared collectively to respond to a new wave of infections, according to the poll. The figure rises to 46pc for nurses in the private domain.