'We are ready': inside the Paris hospitals bracing for coronavirus

Covid-19 cases are doubling every three days in France and the capital is preparing for the worst

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With the number of cases of Covid-19 doubling every three days in France, the capital is preparing for the worst. In the northern sector of Paris, all 26 beds in the intensive care unit of the Bichat-Claude Bernard hospital are full, and the wards that have been turned over to Covid-19 patients are filling up rapidly. The Paris hospital system works by overflow, and the next in line is the Lariboisiire, near the Gare du Nord train station.

"We are in the process of emptying the hospital to be ready to handle cases of Covid-19 cases, some of which could be serious," says emergency physician Eric Revue of the "Larib", as it is affectionately known.