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Medical Workers Try To Contain Spread Of Coronavirus Inside Hospitals

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There are now more than 28,000 people in Massachusetts who have tested positive for the coronavirus, and almost 1,000 people have died.
State data show about half of Massachusetts' hospital beds are now full, as we have entered the window of time in which medical leaders say coronavirus cases should be surging.
For an on-the-ground perspective, we turn to Dr. Sharon Wright, senior medical director of the division of infection control and hospital epidemiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

This segment aired on April 15, 2020.

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