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Looks like the breakdown in provision of care will happen before the end of April after all. https://twitter.com/patio11/status/1252836409406152709?s=21 https:
by barry-cotter 7y ago
Looks like the breakdown in provision of care will happen before the end of April after all.
https://twitter.com/patio11/status/1252836409406152709?s=21 https://twitter.com/patio11/status/1252836409406152709?s=21
> NHK confirms that coronavirus-appropriate hospital beds are 80%+ filled in Tokyo, Osaka, Ishikawa, Hyogo, Shiga, and Okinawa.
> Experts threshold of concern for imminent impact on medical care is 30%, again per NHK.
> The 28 prefectures which are above that threshold will not fit in this tweet.
> NHK reports that several prefectures which were unable to sustain the prior strategy of hospitalizing all diagnosed cases have begun moving less severely affected patients to hotels/etc or asking them to self-sequester at home, temporarily freeing up bed space.
>!NHK reports that while reprioritization of hospitalization strategy and urgent measures to add more beds may buy some time, the situation risks a collapse in the provision of medical care, and that experts explain we cannot be optimistic.