Some hospitals in the United States have closed or plan to shutter parts of their facilities because of staffing shortages. Three urgent care centers in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, area have been closed temporarily because of the surge in COVID-19 cases and a lack of staff, Advocate Aurora Health, which runs the centers, confirmed in an email to The Epoch Times. “This allows those team members to be deployed to busier urgent cares in the area. All other non-urgent care services offered at these three facilities are currently open,” the company said. The facilities are in Menomonee Falls, Brookfield, and on River Center Drive in Milwaukee. University Hospitals Lake Health confirmed that it shuttered an emergency department it runs at the UH Madison Health Center in Ohio, citing a review of current staffing levels, bed availability, and trends in COVID-19 hospitalizations. The company recently decided to extend the temporary closure. “We will …