Modus operandi: WHO estimates that 60 percent of individuals infected with the virus will die, a rate on par with the Black Death and other public health catastrophes. (discovermagazine.com)
Scientists also want Chile's government to establish a hospital specializing in public health catastrophes, carrying out research, and establishing a countrywide system for triage and treating the wounded. (sciencemag.org)
It's overstating things to say this is a public health catastrophe, but it's certainly a public health problem, and it's caused by the fact that the government has entirely dropped the ball. (politics.co.uk)