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Czech volunteers heed call to aid hospitals strained by COVID-19

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By Robert Muller and Jiri Skacel
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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Prague
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Medical students, retired nurses, volunteers and Prague’s mayor have heeded a call to help Czech hospitals battle one of Europe’s highest coronavirus infection rates that is straining the healthcare system.
With beds around 70% occupied, hospitals in the nation of 10.7 million have turned to volunteers to free up full-time health workers to care for more seriously ill patients.

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