CORONAVIRUS | In Italy, stories of doctors having to decide who gets a ventilator and who doesn't base on a patient's chance of survival have emerged amid hospitals becoming overwhelmed by the exponential increase of Covid-19 cases.

These stories highlight the importance of "flattening the curve" - ensuring that the number of new Covid-19 cases do not increase too rapidly that hospitals cannot handle them and also the need to prepare sufficient equipment as the outbreak can rapidly deteriorate...