‘It’s all Covid’: New York medical staff brace for a surge of coronavirus patients
The governor has warned that efforts to slow the spread of the virus have so far failed; hospitals will no doubt be overwhelmed
Frontline medical workers in New York are braced for a surge of patients unlike anything they have seen in their careers, with the state at the center of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States.
New York City’s infamously bustling streets have almost emptied of pedestrians and cars, but inside its hospitals, emergency departments and critical care units are already busy with Covid-19 patients.