Hospitals will be overrun by 'tsunami' of cases, top US official warns

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Hospitals will be overrun by 'tsunami' of cases, top US official warns
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'Every report describes this as a tsunami. And if it happens like a tsunami, in major cities we will have tens of thousands more cases than we have beds'

Describing the situation in Italian hospitals and what that means for the US, he says: “Every report describes this as a tsunami. And if it happens like a tsunami, in major cities we will have 10s of thousands more cases than we have beds & we will have 1 ventilator for every 8 people who need one.”

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