With so many states seeing a flood of coronavirus patients, U.S. hospitals are again worried about finding enough medical workers to meet demand just as infections from the holiday season threaten to add to the burden on American health care.
California, which is enduring by far its worst spike in cases and hospitalizations, is reaching out to places like Australia and Taiwan to fill the need for 3,000 temporary medical workers, particularly nurses trained in critical care.
âWeâre now in a situation where we have surges all across the country, so nobody has many nurses to spare,â said Dr. Janet Coffman, a professor of public policy at the University of California in San Francisco.
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UAB expert warning to Alabamians: COVID cases could double if they don’t ‘rethink Christmas’
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
Posted Dec 22, 2020
Dr. Michael Saag is the director of the UAB Center for AIDS research. Photo by Andrea Mabry.
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The number of COVID cases in Alabama could double from current record highs if people travel and host large Christmas celebrations, said Dr. Michael Saag, an infectious disease expert at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
The number of new cases hit 4,979 on Tuesday, the highest ever reported by the Alabama Department of Public Health. Many of the cases reported this week originated at Thanksgiving gatherings before spreading into the community, Saag said. Critically ill COVID patients have strained hospitals across the state, forcing many to delay surgeries and turn away some ambulances.