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Many hospitals are halting nonurgent procedures and relying on the National Guard as Covid-19 hospitalizations rise
CNN
As Covid-19 hospitalizations reach new highs, more states and health care systems are cutting back services that aren't urgent and relying on National Guard personnel to fill staffing gaps as infected health care employees miss work to recover and patient demand grows.
While officials have started to call out very early signs that the Omicron coronavirus wave is peaking -- or at least plateauing -- in parts of the Northeast, experts say it will be weeks before any change can be declared a trend. Until then, the surge has put frontline workers in the medical industry and others at higher risk.
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