If COVID hospitalisations increase, it's still not clear how patients will be prioritised for ICU beds

Around the world, the coronavirus pandemic has put unprecedented strain on intensive care resources. In some places, including parts of Italy, the United States, Canada, and the Asia-Pacific, ICUs have been overwhelmed. Reports from Italy found doctors were "weeping in the hospital hallways because of the choices they were going to have to make."

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