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Despite COVID surge, Mexico avoids overwhelmed hospitals

by Associated Press
| July 1, 2020 9:30 AM

MEXICO CITY (AP) — In a Mexican army barracks, hospital beds have replaced bunks. Oxygen tanks fill the room that held assault rifles. The building that previously housed soldiers between missions to eradicate opium poppy crops is now outfitted for up to 100 patients infected with the coronavirus.

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