AUTHORITIES in China warned Wednesday they faced a severe shortage of hospital beds and equipment needed to treat a growing number of patients stricken by the new coronavirus, as cities far from the epicentre tightened their defences.<\/p>\n
Central Hubei province reported 3,156 new infections, its biggest single-day jump in the outbreak that has spiralled into a global health emergency with cases reported in over 20 countries.
\nAmong those new cases was a newborn, who was diagnosed just 30 hours after being born.<\/p>\n
Despite authorities building a hospital from scratch and converting public buildings to accommodate thousands of extra patients, there was still a \u201csevere\u201d lack of beds, said Hu Lishan, an official in Wuhan, the quarantined city where the virus first appeared \u2014 and where doctors are now overwhelmed with cases.<\/p>\n
There was also a shortage of \u201cequipment and materials,\u201d he told reporters, adding that officials were looking to convert other hotels and schools in the city into treatment centres.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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