struggling to admit new patients and have activated emergency plans. which include expanding the number of icu beds and postponing non-essential treatment. another wave of covid-19 that is wearing down and already weary staff. >> work has been very hard for two years. especially in covid units. we have had people competent to work in icu who left and no longer want to be hired in a covid unit. >> hospital wards already strained with patients infected by the delta variant. of the coronavirus. brace for what could come next. the uk says people sick from the fast spreading omicron variant are now being admitted to hospitals. the ceo of the international counsel of nurses who heads a group representing 27 million nurses. says this could be the breaking point for many healthcare workers. he says turn over could be alarming. his organization estimates the