Europe running low on intensive care beds amid virus spike

A nurse at the Intensive Care Unit of the Ospedale di Circolo hospital, in Varese, Italy (AP)

Many countries in Europe are running out of intensive care beds amid a surge of coronavirus cases – as well as the doctors and nurses required to staff them.

In Italy, queues of ambulances can be seen parked outside hospitals awaiting beds for patients, while in France the government coronavirus tracking app prominently displays the intensive care capacity taken up by Covid-19 patients: 92.5% and rising.