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Coronavirus is a large family of viruses that cause respiratory infections (Jiang et al., 2020). The virus, previously unknown, was found in a significant number of patients in the city of Wuhan, China (Najo et al., 2020). It swept across countries' borders so quickly that on April 1, 2020, 360783 cases of the virus were found in 205 countries of the world (Kate Louis et al., 2021). In Iran, the virus soon swept through the borders of the provinces and cities revealing itself as a multi-dimensional problem. One of the groups that have suffered double dealing with the virus was nurses working in hospitals. Nurses in the Khuzestan province were also experiencing a battle with the Coronavirus. This experience caused many sufferings. Because of the unknown nature of the Coronavirus, at the early spread of the virus, the nurses, like other groups of people, felt threatened with the disease. On the other hand, they felt morally and organizationally obliged to do their job well, and this made them continue to live in the environment and serve the patients suffering from the virus, despite their fear and panic. This was the most important reason for investigating the mentioned issue. The present study used the interpretive approach with the aim of understanding the common experiences of patients from the Coronavirus and the nurses involved in the infectious and isolated sections at Razi Hospital in Ahvaz. The present study explores the understanding of the experiences of individuals involved with the corona, especially the nurses of this sector and patients who have been infected with the virus and hospitalized. Based on the results of this study, the challenges that patients with Covid-19 have faced include the experience of death anxiety, disease experience, uncertainty experience, emotion caused by quarantine, etc. These painful experiences can delay the patient's recovery (Rahmati Nejad, Yazdi, Khosravi, & Shahisadrabadi, 2020). The nurses responded similarly in the same situation. Based on research by Riocci et al. (2020), nurses were afraid to deal with cases of Covid-19 for their own safety and health, but after the deployment of standard methods, they were partly reassured of protecting themselves from the disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]