‘Next week, 90 percent of the IC beds in Paris will be occupied by corona patients’ | Abroad

“By October 24, there will be at least 800 to 1000 Covid patients in intensive care,” predicted Martin Hirsch, who works at dozens of hospitals. “That amounts to 70 to 90 percent of our current capacity.”

Such predictions are putting pressure on the government to intervene more sharply. President Emmanuel Macron is likely to announce new measures on television on Wednesday evening. He consulted with his most important ministers on Tuesday morning.

It is still unclear exactly what Macron is planning, but according to French media, a curfew may be imposed in large cities. In the capital Paris and in some other places, cafés have already been closed to prevent the virus from spreading.

France reported a record number of new infections last Saturday. In one day, nearly 27,000 people were diagnosed with the virus. During the height of the first wave of the corona pandemic in the spring, the military had to set up emergency hospitals to support healthcare facilities.

Other European countries also registered record numbers of infections recently. This happened on Tuesday in Russia, among others, where 13,868 new infections were reported.

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