Italian hospitals short of beds as coronavirus death toll jumps
by Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo from on (#50EX9)
Lombardy health system under pressure amid highest daily rise in deaths in country
Hospitals in the locked down Italian region of Lombardy are beginning to run out of beds as the country recorded its highest day-on-day rise in deaths from coronavirus.
Twenty days into its outbreak, Italy is grappling to contain the spread of the virus and find space and beds in intensive care units, which are dwindling day by day. To manage the emergency, the sick are being placed in operating rooms or in hospital corridors.
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