North Dakota takes steps to add staff for hospitals 'under enormous pressure'

Bismarck Tribune: Citing a significant uptick in coronavirus hospitalizations in recent weeks, Gov. Doug Burgum on Monday announced steps to add more workers to a health care system he described as “under enormous pressure” with capacity that could become “severely constrained” in as little as two weeks.

Hospital workers who have tested positive for COVID-19 but remain asymptomatic will be allowed to return, while infected, to work in facilities’ coronavirus units under an amended State Health Officer order.

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