Asia Today: Australian virus hot spot moves to add sick beds
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s coronavirus hot spot Victoria state moved to increase its available hospital beds Thursday and reported a record daily high of 317 infections.
The government had planned to restore hospitals to normal medical services by the end of July before infections began to rise in recent weeks.
Instead, the Victoria government responded to the latest spike by reducing numbers of non-urgent surgeries allowed in hospitals to increase beds available for COVID-19 patients, Health Minister Jenny Mikakos said.
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The government had planned to restore hospitals to normal medical services by the end of July before infections began to rise in recent weeks.
Instead, the Victoria government responded to the latest spike by reducing numbers of non-urgent surgeries allowed in hospitals to increase beds available for COVID-19 patients, Health Minister Jenny Mikakos said.
Read more: https://apnews.com/6a64dee899e2424d603807845d435df2
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