Germany Headed for Key Medical Kit Shortages, Experts Tell Paper

  • RKI president says country might not have enough ventilators
  • Politicians call for joint central strategy to fight shortages

A nurse at the central reception centre for corona cases at the University hospital in Essen, Germany, on March 26

Photographer: Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images

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Germany may run into a shortage of critical medical equipment and hospital capacity even though the country has done relatively well in combating the coronavirus so far, scientists and politicians warned Sunday.