ongoing shortage of critical medical supplies here in the united states. most recently the nation s supply of iodine solution commonly used in cardiac care has become scarce as g.e. healthcare was forced to temporarily shut down a factory in shanghai. a hospital that sees disruptions in this vital supply, will really face struggles regarding their ability to provide seemless uninterrupted services to all of their patients. the greater new york hospital association has advised supplies could be reduced by as much as 80% for the next two months as patient care at some hospitals is already impacted across the country. the university of california, san francisco medical center has delayed some nonemergency appointments, fewer than 5% so far, but it s also asking
contact with them. figures collected by emergency care doctors show in the last week of march, more than one in ten people waited 12 hours or more in a&e in england the highest rate they have recorded. and they say delays are harming patients. we are struggling to get round everybody. we worry about old people going missing, or a young person who is distressed might leave and we don t realise for bit that they have actually gone missing. so itjust makes everybody really anxious and we know that people are not getting the care they deserve. and for those needing nonemergency care, there are also record delays. in england, more than 6 million people are waiting for routine operations. that is one in nine of the population and more than 24,000 have waited two years or more. high rates of covid are undoubtedly putting pressure on the nhs, but experts say that is not the only cause. the nhs in england says despite the challenges,
and what was very noticeable was how stressed she was and how her ability to communicate had deteriorated. east midlands ambulance service has said. figures collected by emergency care doctors show in the last week of march, more than one in ten people waited 12 hours or more in a&e in england the highest rate they have recorded. and they say delays are harming patients. we are struggling to get round everybody. we worry about old people going missing, ora young person who is distressed might leave and we don t realise for bit that they have actually gone missing. so itjust makes everybody really anxious and we know that people are not getting the care they deserve. and for those needing nonemergency care, there are also record delays. in england, more than 6
government drones hover overhead, ordering residents to get tested. soow risk areas can now leave their homes, but all infected people are sent to hospitals or isolation centers. images like these from early in the lockdown sparking outrage. toddlers with covid separated from their parents, prompting officials to relax some of those rules. david, the u.s. has now ordered all nonemergency staff to leave sang high. the state department citing the outbreak itself and china s covid policies, including the risk of children and parents being separated. david? all right, britt, great to have you on the broadcast tonight, thank you. when we come back here, we are tracking dangerous storms tonight. tornado watches in the coming hours. and then dangerous storms tomorrow from dallas all the way up to chicago, moving east. ginger zee standing by, she ll time this out. who s on it with ? we re 25 million prescriptions strong. we re managing type 2 diabetes. .and heart risk. we re working up a s
instance, lesser crimes, things that, like vandalism? are you having to not report and stop crime of a lesser nature? not necessarily crime but there are some calls that are not calls about crime but they re all calls about quality of life issues. nuisance issues. things that people call the police for that they probably don t have to call the police for. yes, we are prioritizing the nonemergency calls so that we can respond to all of the emergency calls. and so while we ve moved a number of people around, we worked on restaffing and reallocating all of our resources to make sure each of the nine districts are adequately staffed and prepared to respond to any kind of emergency call. we ve had to prioritize the nonemergency calls so that we can deal with the emergencies. according to a recent department data, baltimore saw a net loss of 92 officers last year. why is that? are you worried that trend is going to continue?