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Video. 70% of ICU beds in Athens region occupied by COVID-19 patients

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The rapid increase in new COVID-19 cases in Greece are putting medical professionals under intense pressure. In recent days, admissions have hit record numbers. Euronews's Fay Doulgkeri joins me now from Athens...

The rapid increase in new COVID-19 cases in Greece is putting medical professionals under intense pressure. In recent days, admissions have hit record numbers.

70% of the total intensive care beds in the Attica region, which includes the capital Athens, have been taken by COVID-19 infected patients. In the rest of Greece, 45% of the beds in the intensive care units are occupied by patients with the new coronavirus.

Watch Euronews's Fay Doulgkeri report from Athens in the player above.

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