How many critical beds are in European countries?

Governments across Europe have intensified their search for ventilators as doctors and hospitals prepare for a continuing surge in patients infected with the Covid-19 virus.

In Italy, where medical staff have been told to prioritise the patients with the highest chances of survival because of the lack of the equipment, the country’s only producer Siare Engineering was asked by the government to start producing 500 ventilators a month, up from 125.

Germany has around 28,000 intensive care beds, of which 25,000 are equipped with ventilators.

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