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“We ended up getting our first positive patients — and that’s when all hell broke loose,” said one New York City doctor. The doctor, who spoke to CNN on condition of anonymity out of concern for his job, described a hospital that was woefully unprepared for an influx of Covid-19 patients that started roughly two weeks ago — which has …
There’s still time to stop the United States from becoming the next epicenter of the novel coronavirus pandemic, a World Health Organization spokeswoman told CNN on Wednesday. “The potential is there, but you’ve still got time to turn it around,” WHO’s Margaret Harris said. Though the number of cases and deaths continues to grow in the United States, it’s possible to reverse …
The White House and Senate leaders announced agreement Wednesday on an unparalleled, $2 trillion emergency bill to rush aid to businesses, workers and a health care system slammed by the coronavirus pandemic. It’s the largest economic rescue bill in history. The package is intended as a weekslong or monthslong patch for an economy spiraling into recession or worse and a …
A “cacophony of coughing” in packed emergency rooms. Beds squeezed in wherever there is space. Overworked, sleep-deprived doctors and nurses rationed to one face mask a day and wracked by worry about a dwindling number of available ventilators. Such is the reality inside New York City’s hospitals, which have become the war-zone-like epicenter of the nation’s coronavirus crisis. Faced with …
White House: People who have recently visited NYC should self-quarantine Members of the White House coronavirus task force said Tuesday that those who have traveled to the New York metropolitan area recently should self-quarantine for 14 days after their departure. Dr. Deborah Birx, leader of the task force, said that 56% of all the cases in the United States, as …
