According to the latest report of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which studied 4,226 COVID-19 cases in the United States from Feb. 12 to March 16, about 69 percent of the diagnosed patients, 55 percent of the hospitalized patients and 47 percent of ICU admitted patients are less than 65 years old.
Experts said the top priorities facing the country include testing, mitigating infections, taking care of those who are sick and preventing a further spread of the virus.
"The U.S. medical system will be under tremendous pressure as COVID-19 cases continue to increase," Zhang said.
"The shortage of protective equipment may toughen the risk for front-line medical staff, while insufficient hospital beds, intensive care rooms and ventilators will make it even more challenging to treat the patients," he told Xinhua.
【国际英语资讯:Spotlight: Why U.S. leads world in diagnosed COVID-19 cases in short term】相关文章:
★ 西方报业危机蔓延
最新
2020-09-15
2020-09-15
2020-09-15
2020-09-15
2020-09-15
2020-09-15