Swiss toll of coronavirus victims surpasses 3,000, 21 dead

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS
MARCH 18, 2020 / 10:37 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

ZURICH (Reuters) - The number of people tested positive for the new coronavirus in Switzerland and Liechtenstein has risen to 3,028, Swiss health authorities said on Wednesday, of which 2,772 cases were confirmed.

Twenty-one people so far have died of the illness, which authorities have warned could swamp the country’s health care system.

Reporting by Michael Shields; Editing by Riham Alkousaa

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-swiss/swiss-toll-of-coronavirus-victims-surpasses-3000-21-dead-idUSKBN2152HK?il=0

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To understand how this tiny country could be overwhelmed by this novel virus.................take a look at ratio for beds to the population and then take a look at the US


Switzerland has 4.58 beds per 1000 people......................

US has 2.77 beds and that was in 2017, where 2018, 2019................................guess who was running the country then and and guess who helped dismantle the agency in charge of this stuff..................Trump and Bolton...................

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_hospital_beds