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Facilities that have been turned into makeshift hospitals in previous waves. however, even though the nhs did that, those hospitals were very rarely used much, partly because it is notjust about bed capacity, it is notjust about bed capacity, it is about getting the staff to operate them and you cannotjust invent stuff that you can bed space so they have changed tact in england and eight major hospitals will have extra storage capacity for covid. the so—called nightingale units. 100 extra beds at these separate hospitals, 800 overall and they will be set up in the tented area in car parks an...

Here in the u.s. but in addition to that, you're also dealing with an underserved or a short-staffed health care system around the globe, particularly in the u.s. what you're dealing with is a huge number of patients coming in at the same time, dealing with multiple medical illnesses that are exacerbated by the omicron variant, so simply letting it rip does nothing for the population except increase excess death which is a much more accurate indicator of what omicron is doing rather than looking at directly contributed to omicron. >> meanwhile, as you know, doctor, 82% of icu hospital beds as ...

Cases are surging. now, cnn's laeyla santiago join us live from miami. the governor gave the state of the state address yesterday, what did he say about covid? >> well, i certainly wouldn't call it a central part of his speech, victor. not much said there. and let me paint the picture of what we're seeing on the ground here. i spoke to one doctor from florida, atlanta university, and she said now is not the time to throw in the towel or call this pandemic over by any means, and she mentioned what you just did, victor. she said community transmission is a big factor, especially when you have ch...

To entirely deal with the demands that they are facing. this hospital was one of 40 in new york state that have been ordered to temporarily stop any nonessential elective surgeries because 90% of their bed capacity is full. we've spoken to doctors at this hospital and others who say that the staffing issues they're seeing, there are a few different factors at play. they say in some cases they are running into issues where health care workers, their staff are testing positive for covid-19 and have to stay home. i spoke to a doctor at this hospital just this morning who actually had to step in a...

States. and even with the lower virulence, apparently for the variant, 2% of folks who contract the virus need to be hospitalized. and it's going to be a race, it's going to be a race between waiting for this surge to crest. and hoping that we don't run out of hospital capacity. and again, it's not just the bed capacity in the hospital. what we're really worried about is hospital staff getting ill and having to isolate. and it's going to be close in many parts of the country. we're seeing hospitalizations in places like new york, rise significantly, you know where i live and work in d.c., also...