Original title: a number of hospitals in Ohio postponed non emergency surgery
The recent outbreak of the US epidemic, coupled with the threat of COVID-19 mutation, the United States, has begun to take measures to cope with the surge in the new crown.
Ohio Governor Mike Dewin mobilized 1050 national guards to support the fight against the epidemic due to the increase in hospitalized patients in the new crown, AP reported on the 18th. They will be on duty from 20, of which about 150 professional medical trainers will be deployed in hospitals and COVID-19 checkpoints. The rest of the team will help transport patients and distribute food.
As of the 17th, Ohio had more than 4700 new crown inpatients, the largest number this year, close to the highest level in history. In response to the surge of new crown patients, many hospitals in Ohio have postponed non emergency surgery.
Many hospitals in Kansas and Missouri also postponed non urgent operations in response to COVID-19's rebound. Some hospitals try to employ mobile nurses to supplement their manpower.
Antony Fauci, director of the National Institute of allergy and infectious diseases, said on the 17th that while the infection cases of delta virus will "increase significantly", there will be a surge of infection cases of Omicron virus. The United States reported its first case of infection with the Omicron strain on December 1. As of December 16, at least 38 states had reported the infection of the strain.
The Associated Press quoted government data to report that on the 15th, the average number of new crown inpatients in the United States on the 7th was 60000, 50% more than that in early November. The epidemic is particularly serious in colder States because there are more indoor activities there, which is more likely to lead to the spread of the virus.
Agence France Presse reported that the number of new cases in a single day in the United States was 86000 on December 1 and 117000 on December 14. Xinhua