From cancelling Broadway shows to closing schools, U.S. states are scrambling to...
- From cancelling Broadway shows to closing schools, U.S. states are scrambling to slow the spread of coronavirus and stop hospitals from being overwhelmed with a surge in critically ill patients, as has been the case in Italy.
In Hawaii, another state that rapidly responded to the outbreak, urgent care clinics offer drive-through testing. U.S. states that wait too long to stem the spread of contagion may find hospitals trapped in this doom spiral, experts warn. Washington officials have prepared residents for a large-scale outbreak of the virus ten times as deadly as the flu that would double in size every five to eight days.
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