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Coronavirus: US hospitals to take drastic measures to help hospitals cope with Covid-19 NewsColony The US government may have to call on retired doctors amidst other drastic measures to be able to cope with the “tremendous strain” of the coronavirus. Hospitals are having to set up triage tents, guard supplies of face masks and make plans to cancel elective surgery as the pandemic worsens across the country.  Download the new Independent Premium app Sharing the full story, not just the headlines Download now “This is going to be a fairly tremendous strain on our health system,” warned Dr. William Jaquis, president of the American College of Emergency Physicians. The number of cases of the virus in the US was recorded to be around 1,700 on Friday and the government has been forced to escalate its response. In Michigan, if the outbreak continues to worsen, hip and knee replacement surgery and other operations that aren’t emergencies might be postponed. Authorities i...