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Doctors prepare to intubate a patient suffering from Covid-19 that has just been admitted in the ICU in Son Espases hospital in Palma de Mallorca, Balearics, Spain. EPA
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A medical staff assists a Covid-19 coronavirus patient inside an intensive care unit at Max Hospital in New Delhi. AFP
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An officer of the 'Protezione Civile' Civil Protection Department prepares the site of new hospital for the Covid-19 established at Hall 5 of Torino Esposizioni (exhibition complex of the Piedmontese capital) at the Parco del Valentino, Turin, Italy. EPA
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Frontline cemetery workers prepare to bury a victim of Covid-19 at Sueños Eternos cemetery in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Getty Images
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Men are seen inside the underground Al Shohadaa "Martyrs" metro in Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
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People walk past a floral display at Crossley Street in Melbourne, Australia. EPA
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People enjoy the hot weather on a beach in Hong Kong, China. Reuters
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A pedestrian walks past a sign advising mask-wearing in San Francisco, California. AP Photo
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A medical worker takes a swab sample outside at a Covid-19 testing station in Berlin, Germany. Getty Images
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Doctors prepare to intubate a patient suffering from Covid-19 that has just been admitted in the ICU in Son Espases hospital in Palma de Mallorca, Balearics, Spain. EPA
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A medical staff assists a Covid-19 coronavirus patient inside an intensive care unit at Max Hospital in New Delhi. AFP
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An officer of the 'Protezione Civile' Civil Protection Department prepares the site of new hospital for the Covid-19 established at Hall 5 of Torino Esposizioni (exhibition complex of the Piedmontese capital) at the Parco del Valentino, Turin, Italy. EPA
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Frontline cemetery workers prepare to bury a victim of Covid-19 at Sueños Eternos cemetery in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Getty Images
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Men are seen inside the underground Al Shohadaa "Martyrs" metro in Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
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Travellers sit at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China. Reuters
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People walk past a floral display at Crossley Street in Melbourne, Australia. EPA
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People enjoy the hot weather on a beach in Hong Kong, China. Reuters
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A pedestrian walks past a sign advising mask-wearing in San Francisco, California. AP Photo
Gaza hospitals ‘days away from being overwhelmed by Covid-19’
A surge in coronavirus infections could overwhelm the Palestinian enclave's meagre medical system by next week
Reuters
22 November, 2020
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