CHULA VISTA, Calif.—Hospitals in this border city south of San Diego are struggling to cope with a large number of Covid-19 patients, an influx they attribute to legal crossings from nearby Tijuana, one of Mexico’s cities hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Health-care nonprofit Scripps Health says it already is near capacity for patients critically ill with Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus, at its Chula Vista hospital. Sharp HealthCare, which owns Chula Vista’s largest hospital, had to turn away ambulances during...

Source: Wall Street Journal May 11, 2020 13:41 UTC