Coronavirus outbreak

US health system headed for crisis as infections spike

Hospital staff voice anger over shortage of protective gear, poor planning

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Nirmal Ghosh US Bureau Chief In Washington, Nirmal Ghosh

Some time over the weekend, the trickle of patients started becoming a stream.
And now, starting days ago in Washington state but increasingly seen in hospitals across the country, N95 masks are being reused. Some hospitals are on their last ventilators.
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