Treyfish
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PUBLISHED THU, FEB 20 20207:01 AM EST
“For instance,” she continued, health-care providers need to plan for a “surge at a hospital, the ability to provide personal protective equipment for your workforce, the administrative controls and so forth that you might put place in a health care setting.”
Schuchat’s warning came as U.S. and world health officials increasingly sound the alarm of a possible pandemic outbreak of the deadly new coronavirus that has killed more than 2....
...“At some point, we are likely to see community spread in the U.S. or in other countries,” she warned....:tiphat:https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/19/hospitals-across-the-us-prepare-for-coronavirus-outbreak-to-become-global-pandemic.html?__source=sharebar|twitter&par=sharebar
- A larger spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus across the U.S. could overwhelm emergency rooms and cause supply shortages of some crucial medical supplies.
- The threat of the new virus comes at an already busy time for most U.S. hospitals: Seasonal flu is at its peak.
“For instance,” she continued, health-care providers need to plan for a “surge at a hospital, the ability to provide personal protective equipment for your workforce, the administrative controls and so forth that you might put place in a health care setting.”
Schuchat’s warning came as U.S. and world health officials increasingly sound the alarm of a possible pandemic outbreak of the deadly new coronavirus that has killed more than 2....
...“At some point, we are likely to see community spread in the U.S. or in other countries,” she warned....:tiphat:https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/19/hospitals-across-the-us-prepare-for-coronavirus-outbreak-to-become-global-pandemic.html?__source=sharebar|twitter&par=sharebar