. >> reporter: anissa, 22, amira, 25 and ismail, 27 all serving at hard hit montefiore hospital in the>> in the icu we're no stranger to death but the staggering amount of death we have seen is really sad and heartbreaking. >> i could be gone today and come back tomorrow and the patients i had yesterday are not there. i don't even want to ask sometimes like what happened but you know you know >> reporter: even as they care for patients, these frontline nurses care for each other they're not just colleagues at the same hospital, they are also siblings anissa, what is it like to have each other in this >> they're my main source of comfort. i am lucky because i can talk to my siblings because they know exactly what we're going through and like exactly how like they feel. >> what they do is a source of inspiration. >> reporter: also at montefiore, he's worked for 29 years -- >> i feel if it's anything i'll always remember would be serving in this time with them >> reporter: families serving on the front lines caring for all of us and also each other. >> i'm praying none of us get sick and

they're not just colleagues at the same hospital, they are also siblings. >> anissa, what's it like toave each other in this? >> they're my main source of comfort. i am lucky, because i can talk to my siblings because they know exactly what we're going through and exactly how they feel. >> what they do is a source of inspiration for me. >> reporter: muhammad yasin is their father. he is a nurse manager also at monafior. >> anything i remember would be serving this time with them. >> repteamies serving on the front lines caring for all of us, and also each other. >> i've just been praying that none of us get sick, and if we do, god willing we recover. >> reporter: kate snow, nbc news. >>> some european countries are reopening cautiously, even as the death toll from covid-19 continues to mount. more than 100,000 people have now died on the continent. throughout europe, the coronavirus curve is flattening, leading to restrictions slowly lifting. in spain, medics separate partly shutting down a makeshift hospital. germany will reopen stores that are at least 8,000 square feet. that happens

also joining us from boston city counselor at large anissa, thank you for joining us today.at your county is -- you had the first case and you're moving to what you describe the recovery phase. tell us about the numbers that you're seeing on the ground. >> yes, thanks for having me. the first confirmed case was in our county on january 20th, seems like years ago now. we had total 2300 confirmed cases in the county. 103 deaths. we saw the peak of cases, new cases and deaths a couple of weeks ago. we are still getting new cases every day but tapered off, but we are very happy on monday boeing started up their construction and production facilities at plant, largest facility in the world here and we are very happy about that. they've got conditions in place to protect the workers and watching over the next couple of weeks if they're effective and also the governor announced yesterday, started construction residential and commercial with the set of 30 conditions that they must meet but we are happy to see starting up again. gillian: yeah, well, anissa so in addition to your work