THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
December 7, 2020 at 16:19 JST
Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura tours a new facility to exclusively treat severe COVID-19 patients in the city’s Sumiyoshi Ward on Dec. 7. (Pool)
OSAKA--A facility here designed to treat only the most severe COVID-19 cases, patients who require respirators to breathe, still lacks sufficient nursing staff to open on schedule Dec. 15, prompting prefectural authorities to request outside assistance. [Read More]
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