Israeli Hospitals See First Signs of System's Collapse From Coronavirus
ICU beds, resources for non-COVID patients dwindling and extreme stress on staff as the coronavirus keeps spreading
Breaking:
- Israel's confirmed cases pass 85,000, death toll rises to 619 (Haaretz)
- World Food Program to send 50,000 tons of flour to Lebanon (Reuters)
- Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 966 to 217,293 (Reuters)
- Trump weighs blocking U.S. citizens coming home if coronavirus infection feared (Reuters)
- Trump escorted from briefing after shooting outside White House (Reuters)
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