Hospitals around the world buckle under new surge in Covid-19 cases

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London mayor declares “major incident” with Covid-19 cases threatening to collapse city’s healthcare system as hospitals around the world start to buckle under current pandemic wave

A mobile field hospital is shown outside UCI Medical Center during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in Orange, California, US, January 4, 2021.

Now infections have been racing out of control for weeks, and California remains at or near the top of the list of states with the most new cases per capita. It has routinely set new marks for infections and deaths, and began the new year reporting a record 585 deaths in a single day. Hospitalisations statewide have gone up more than eightfold in two months and nearly tenfold in Los Angeles County. On Thursday, the total number of California deaths surpassed 25,000, joining only New York and Texas at that milestone.Lebanon announced a full lockdown for three weeks, including a night curfew, to stem a rise in Covid-19 infections that threatens to overwhelm hospitals in a country already facing financial meltdown.

Projections leaked to the Health Service Journal showed that even if the number of Covid-19 patients increased at the lowest rate considered likely, London hospitals would be short of nearly 2,000 acute and intensive beds by January 19. The announcement comes just days after the Royal London Hospital told staff in an email it was now in "disaster medicine mode" and unable to provide high standard critical care.70 percent more infectiousA Sky News report said intensive care units of three London hospitals were full on New Year's Eve, forcing patients to be transferred to other hospitals for critical care.

 

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Too many people judging all parts of the UK by what they are told is happening in London. Also the Nightingale hospital in London with 4000 beds is not being used yet.

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