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Last week, more than 11 percent of coronavirus tests were positive,
上周，新冠病毒檢測呈陽性的比例為11%有余，
compared with 16 percent the previous week and nearly 7 percent in late April.
前一周為16%，4月下旬為不到7%。
Medical centers have been creating new coronavirus intensive care units,
醫療中心一直在增加新冠病毒重癥監護病房，
including in post-surgical recovery rooms and previously shuttered wards.
包括術后康復室，為此還重新啟用了此前已經停用的病房。
Maintaining adequate staffing has been a key challenge,
由于數百名當地的醫療專業人員都已因為生病或隔離休班，
with hundreds of local medical professionals out sick or in quarantine.
保證足夠的人員配備也成了一大關鍵挑戰。
Managers are offering bonuses to nurses,
醫院經理們一邊開始給護士們發放獎金，
attempting to hire new ones, and reassigning staff from other specialties.
企圖借此招到新的護士，一邊開始了調派其他崗位的醫護人員。
A color-coded designation that signals to ambulance crews which hospitals are busiest and should be avoided has lost its meaning
由于大部分醫院目前都已處于超高負荷運轉狀態，
now that most hospitals are operating well beyond their typical capacity.
用顏色示意救護人員哪些醫院最忙，最好能夠避開這些醫院的做法便已經失去意義。
For emergency departments and intensive care units,
就急診科和重癥監護病房而言，
"It’s pretty much been entirely reading ‘saturation’ in red for weeks now,"
“已經一連好幾周顯示的都是“飽和”兩個紅字了，”
said Dr. David Persse, medical director of the Houston Fire Department.
休斯頓消防局醫務主任大衛·鉑西說。
"Our local rule that everybody knows is that when everybody’s closed, everybody’s open."
“我們當地有個人人都知道的規定，那就是，如果所有地方都關門了，那就是說所有地方都能去?！?/p>
Two public hospitals that serve as a safety net for Houston-area patients
為休斯頓地區沒有保險的患者以及享受公費醫療保險的患者
who are uninsured and those with Medicaid have been particularly hard pressed.
提供醫療保障的兩家公立醫院感受到的壓力格外沉重。
"The only way they’ve maintained any semblance of sanity is we basically transfer patients as soon as we receive them,"
“他們保持理智的唯一辦法就是一接收到病人就馬上把他們轉移走，”
after stabilizing and assessing them, said Dr. Esmaeil Porsa,
在穩定并評估了患者的病情之后馬上就把他們轉移走，
chief executive of the Harris Health System, the public system.
公立醫院“哈里斯衛生系統”首席執行官伊斯梅爾·珀莎說道。
"As soon as a bed becomes empty, someone rolls up from the emergency room."
“一有床位騰出來，立馬就會有急診室下來的患者補上?！?/p>
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