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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
Morgue trailers sit near the University Medical Center of El Paso as this city in western Texas experiences a surge in Covid-19 cases, leading authorities to bring in mobile morgues. IMAGES
Medical and support staff at London's NHS Nightingale hospital take part in the weekly 'clap for carers', in support and gratitude for the UK's coronavirus first responders. IMAGES
Johannesburg's Charlotte Maxebe hospital tests its staff for COVID-19. The country is fighting against the spread of the novel coronavirus by enforcing a 5 week lockdown until the end of April. IMAGES
Lizzo has been sending meals to US hospital staff fighting the coronavirus on the front line.
Tetovo, Sep 8 (EFE / EPA).- At least 10 people died Wednesday in a fire at a hospital treating COVID-19 patients in Tetovo, a northwestern city of Macedonia.'At the moment, 10 people are confirmed to have died, but that number could rise,' said Macedonian health minister Venko Filipce, expressing his 'profound condolences' to the victims' families. (Camera: GIORGI LICOVSKI). B-ROLL OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOSPITAL WHERE THE FIRE BROKE OUT, IN TETOVO, NORTH MACEDONIA.
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