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Doctor’s impassioned plea as she claims the capital’s ITU beds are ‘nearing capacity’

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A palliative care doctor has issued an impassioned plea to the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock after claiming the capital’s ITU beds are nearing capacity. Dr. Rachel Clarke, an Oxfordshire based doctor and author, took to Twitter to call on Mr Hancock to intercede and ask Boris Johnson to shut London’s pubs down.   ‘Matt, we won’t … Read more

California closes all bars and orders restaurants to cut seating capacity by 50%

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States implement closures of bars and restaurants California: Effective immediately  Gov Gavin Newsom called for the closure of all bars and advised restaurants to cut seating capacity by 50 per cent.   Ohio: Effective March 15-Indefinitely The order will shut down all in-person dining, but restaurants and bars will still offer carryout and delivery.  Illinois: Effective … Read more

‘Overwhelmed’ Italian hospitals are running at ‘200 per cent capacity’

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Italian hospitals are so ‘overwhelmed’ by coronavirus that strokes and trauma are going untreated and some elderly patients are not even being assessed, a doctor at the centre of the crisis has said.  Doctors in Italy have been forced into life-or-death decisions over who should receive intensive care, with authorities desperately trying to find more … Read more