Hospitals and clinics in Île-de-France have received a "firm order" to deprogram 40% of their medical and surgical activities, to increase the number of intensive care beds dedicated to Covid-19 patients.

The regional health agency (ARS) of Ile-de-France has given "the firm order" to hospitals and clinics in Ile-de-France to deprogram 40% of their medical and surgical activities, to increase the number of intensive care beds dedicated to patients. patients with Covid-19, its managing director, Aurélien Rousseau, said on Monday.

With 973 patients currently in intensive care for "less than 1,050 beds" available, "we are in a situation of very strong tension", Mr. Rousseau told AFP, wishing that the new target set at 1,577 beds be "reached at over the next week ".

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