South Korea hunts sick beds as virus gains firm foothold outside of China

South Korea struggles with hospital bed shortage as coronavirus spreads across the world

Medical staff check information as patients infected by the Covid-19 leave from Wuhan No3 Hospital to Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on March 4, 2020.

“People are afraid and uncertain. Fear is a natural human response to any threat,” said WHO's leader, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.More fatal than common flu Death rates in outbreaks are likely to skew higher early on as health officials focus on finding severe and fatal cases, missing most milder cases.

In a sign of the shifting threat, Beijing’s health commissioner said two new cases in the Chinese capital were apparently infected abroad, in Iran and Italy. Doctors working in Wuhan told reporters by video conference Wednesday that hospitals there have an increasing number of empty beds but cautioned there is always the possibility of a new spike of infections.

“People are afraid to touch anything or take anything from us,” said Maedeh Jahangiri, a perfume seller at an upscale mall in the Iranian capital of Tehran. “Everyone is at a loss.”

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