A sign about traveling greets incoming patients at the the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System University Drive campus, Tuesday, March 10, 2019, in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh VA said by the end of the week it will begin screening every person, whether a patient or not, who comes into its facilities for the novel coronavirus, using questions about symptoms and travel. (Andrew Rush/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
March 19, 2020
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As virus spreads, VA gets set to back up taxed US hospitals
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs is bracing for a potential surge of 1 million veterans infected by coronavirus and at the same time is preparing for the possibility it may have to absorb overflow civilian patients if private hospitals are overrun by the pandemic.