Countries, hospitals and intensive care units should therefore prepare for a scenario of sustained community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 as well as an increase in the number of COVID-19 patients requiring care, and in particularly intensive care, as in the affected regions of Italy.
Nchi, hospitali na vitengo vya kushughulikia wagonjwa mahututi hivyo vinapaswa kujiandaa kwa hali ya kuendelea kwa maenezi ya kijumuiya ya SARS-CoV-2 na ongezeko la idadi ya wagonjwa wa COVID-19 wanaohitaji tiba na hasa matibatu ya watu walio katika hali mahututi, kama vile inayofanyika katika maeneo yaliyoathirika ya Italia.