CNBC: Hospitals across the world are ‘just not ready’ for coronavirus, WHO official warns
* Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO’s health emergencies program, said that hospitals worldwide “are just not ready.”
* The remarks follow the rapid spread of the virus beyond China.
* As of Friday morning, there are 4,351 cases in 49 countries outside of China and 67 deaths, WHO Director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
Hospitals across the world are not prepared to handle the coronavirus outbreak that is migrating from Asia to continents across the world, World Health Organization officials said Friday.
Health systems, even in more advanced countries, are “just not ready” for a COVID-19 epidemic, said Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization’s health emergencies program.
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