A Covid nurse has begged US families not to see each other over Christmas as hospitals reach "breaking point". Molly-Elizabeth Francis, originally from Dublin, Ireland, admitted to crying at work for the first time since beginning nursing a year ago with admissions now as bad as in March.
It comes as experts branded the current situation a "natural disaster" after the US recorded more cases in November alone than most other countries all year.
And public health experts are predicting record-breaking numbers in December with millions of Americans having ignored advice not to travel over Thanksgiving weekend.
Makeshift treatment units are being quickly set up with several states' hospitals at full capacity, and in New York retired doctors and
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