Candlelight vigil for nurses who died of Covid held outside White Housebr br Nurses and activists hold a candlelight vigil outside the White House in Washington, DC, lighting 481 candles, one for each of the nurses who died due to the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States. "Nurses and health care workers across the country have been working incredibly hard," says DC nurse Julia Truelove, "and we're desperate.