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Added on the 07/08/2020 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
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.
Machakos, Aug 26 (EFE / EPA) .-Kenyan hospitals are running out of ICU beds and oxygen amid an increase in infections caused by the Delta variant.The country tries to speed up vaccination and has fully inoculated 2.8 percent of its adult population. The goal is to vaccinate at least 10 million people by the end of the year. (Camera: DANIEL IRUNGU) SHOT LIST:INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AT A HOSPITAL MACHAKOS IN KENYA.
Tbilisi, Aug 16 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Zurab Kurtsikidze) The Georgian government opened on Monday at the Digomi Olympic Village in Tbilisi, a field hospital with a capacity for 500 patients in which most of the beds are equipped with oxygen concentrators to treat those infected with Covid-19.FOOTAGE OF THE FIELD HOSPITAL.
La Paz, Jul 13 (EFE).- (Camera: Yolanda Salazar) A video call booth at a Bolivian hospital is helping to bring Covid-19 patients and their families closer together while respecting strict health and safety rules. The Hospital Municipal de Cotahuma in the capital La Paz, which is exclusively treating Covid-19 patients, hosts the meetings three times a week. FOOTAGE OF THE COTAHUMA HOSPITAL IN LA PAZ AND THE BOOTH.
Baghdad, Apr 25 (EFE) .- At least 24 patients died early Sunday following the explosion of oxygen cylinders at the Al Jatib hospital in southeast Baghdad, destined for coronavirus patients.(Camera: EFE)SHOT LIST: AFTERMATH OF THE EXPLOSION OF OXYGEN CYLINDERS AT THE AL JATIB HOSPITAL IN SOUTHEAST BAGHDAD, IRAQ.