'Every ventilator becomes like gold' - doctors give emotional warnings from Italy's Coronavirus outbreak

Mar 9, 2020

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A sign advising that the emergency room is closed, at the entrance of the Codogno hospital in northern Italy Image: REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo - RC2O5F9O8YTB

Ceri Parker

Previously Commissioning Editor, Agenda, World Economic Forum

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