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In this photo taken Tuesday, March 24, 2020, handmade signs posted to a tennis court fence are set to greet future patients at a temporary field hospital for coronavirus patients on an adjacent soccer field in the Seattle suburb of Shoreline, Wash. With U.S. hospital capacity stretched thin, hospitals around the country are scrambling to find space for a coming flood of COVID-19 patients, opening older closed hospitals and repurposing other buildings. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

In this photo taken Tuesday, March 24, 2020, handmade signs posted to a tennis court fence are set to greet future patients at a temporary field hospital for coronavirus patients on an adjacent soccer field in the Seattle suburb of Shoreline, Wash. With U.S. hospital capacity stretched thin, hospitals around the country are scrambling to find space for a coming flood of COVID-19 patients, opening older closed hospitals and repurposing other buildings. (AP Photo/Elaine Thomps…

March 26, 2020

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US hospitals rush to find beds for surge of virus patients
March 26, 2020 3:41 p.m.

US hospitals rush to find beds for surge of virus patients

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