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Europe Braces for Surge in Covid Patients to Hit Hospitals Soon
- Low numbers of sick have fueled opposition to tougher curbs
- ‘We’re entering a race against time,’ Paris health chief says
Covid-19 patients in an intensive care unit of Lyon Croix-Rousse hospital, in Lyon, France on Sept. 15
Photographer: Jeff Pachoud/AFP via Getty Images
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Europe’s hospitals have largely coped with the region’s reemergence as a coronavirus hot spot, but pressure is expected to grow as cases surge.
Authorities are imploring pandemic-weary citizens to knuckle down on hygiene and distancing rules over concern that health-care resources are set to get stretched. There’s already been a steady uptick in hospitalizations that could quickly spike the way it did in the spring.