NY seeks 1 million health care workers; Asia not safe yet

MADRID (AP) — The World Health Organization warns that while Europe and the United States are now the focal points in the battle against the coronavirus, the pandemic was far from over in Asia. In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo begged for reinforcements, saying up to 1 million more healthcare workers were desperately needed. Spain and Italy are still struggling to avoid the collapse of their health systems. Spain says hospitals in at least half of its 17 regions are at or very near their ICU bed limits and 14% of its 88,000 reported infections are medical workers. The United States is poised to overtake China’s grim tally of 3,300 deaths from the coronavirus.