As Italy’s Hospitals Overwhelmed by Coronavirus, Top Health Official Says ‘Worst Is Yet Come’ for US
"We will see more cases and things will get worse than they are right now."
byEoin Higgins,
During the COVID-19 coronavirus emergency, tourists on the quay of the port of Naples are checked with a thermo scanner by Civil Protection personnel, dressed in overalls and masks to protect themselves. (Photo: Marco Cantile/LightRocket via Getty Images)
As an eruption of coronavirus cases in Italy strains the country's healthcare system past its breaking point and the disease threatens to do the same in other nations, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases head Dr. Anthony Fauci told Congress Wednesday that "the worst is yet to come" for the United States and the World Health Organization officially labeled the outbreak a "pandemic."
"We will see more cases a...
