Coronavirus: Singapore will have to change strategy if cases keep rising, says WHO expert
This may involve housing mildly sick virus patients in hotel or govt facility: WHO expert
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Hospitals everywhere have been rushing to free up beds because when they get overwhelmed by spikes in coronavirus cases - as was the case in Wuhan, China, and now in Italy - it inevitably leads to people dying in droves.
Singapore has been ahead of the curve for several weeks now, freeing up capacity so that it could hospitalise every Covid-19 case.