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The Samaritan's Purse field hospital set up in New York's Central Park Source: AAP

Five weeks into this outbreak and the sheer number of COVID-positive patients is overwhelming New York hospitals that were already understaffed.

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Five weeks into this outbreak and the sheer number of COVID-positive patients is overwhelming New York hospitals that were already understaffed.

This feature was originally produced for the BBC World Service.

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