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A first Covid patient from Nice is transferred by the medical team of the plane that has just landed in Toulouse to a helicopter, heading for the hospital in Auch. In a bid to avoid more lockdowns due to pressure on the hospital system, France has started transferring Covid patients to regions where the hospital system is less saturated. IMAGES
San Diego, Jan 21(EFE/EPA).- Health personnel at the Sharp Grossmont and Sharp Coronado hospitals in La Mesa treat patients with COVID-19. The city of San Diego has registered an increase in infections that is causing the saturation of hospital beds in the ICU.(Camera: ETIENNE LAURENT)SHOT LIST: ICU FOOTAGE OF SHARP GROSSMONT AND SHARP CORONADO HOSPITALS IN LA MESA (SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA).
Surges of COVID-19 patients are threatening to overwhelm hospitals across the nation. CNN reports at least 123,639 people across the country were in the hospital with the novel coronavirus on Saturday. The COVID Tracking Project says that marks the 32nd consecutive day that the number of hospitalizations has exceeded 100,000. Cases skyrocketed after the Thanksgiving holiday. The fallout form Christmas and New Year's celebrations are still unfolding. Johns Hopkins University data reveals that as of Saturday, more than 20.4 million people have been infected with the virus in the US. At least 350,186 people have died from the illness.
At least five Los Angeles County hospitals had to turn patients away on Sunday, citing an 'internal disaster.' In the week before Christmas, the state averaged more than 40,000 new coronavirus infections every day. CNN reports that at some area hospitals, aging infrastructure was unable to keep up with the high number of patients needing oxygen. The issue was not the lack of oxygen itself--rather, the buildings were unable to maintain the necessary pressure to deliver the oxygen. Some hospitals are moving COVID-19 patients down to lower floors to make it easier to pump the oxygen through pipes. There are multiple issues involving oxygen delivery to patients, but generally, the problem is not an absolute shortage of oxygen. Dr. Christina Ghaly Director, Los Angeles County Health Services
As cases of the novel coronavirus surge, California is setting up tents and trailers to use as field hospitals to take in more patients. Hospitals are building field hospitals outside their facilities in an effort to deal with the overflow of COVID-19 patients. The state's 'mass fatality' program is for when 'there are more deaths in a given time period than the local coroner or medical emergency personnel could handle.' California has seen a 19.4% increase in confirmed cases over the past week, with more than 37,000 new cases on Monday alone. Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and UC Irvine will add 50 more beds in mobile units "equipped with running water, lighting and air purifiers."
Mexico City, Dec 15 (EFE).- Hospitals treating Covid-19 patients in Mexico's capital are being pushed to the limits of their capacity, a state of affairs that is forcing some people to scramble to find an available bed for their loved ones.That was the experience of Virginia Mariela, who recently spent six hours searching for a hospital that would admit her sister. "It was horrible. We visited like seven hospitals," she told Efe on Tuesday. (Camera: ULISES ANDRADE VELA).SHOT LIST: HEALTH WORKERS COLLECT SWAP SAMPLES FROM CITIZENS, FAMILY MEMBERS OF COVID-19 PATIENTS WAIT FOR UPDATES ON THEIR LOVED ONES AND PARAMEDICS TRANSFER A COVID-19 PATIENT TO A MEXICAN SOCIAL SECURITY INSTITUTE HOSPITAL IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.
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