ICUs collapse in Stockholm, 99% full

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 10 - 99% of the ICU beds in Stockholm are occupied by Covid and non-Covid patients. This was announced by the regional health director, Bjorn Eriksson, in a press conference reported by the Swedish newspaper TheLocal. This is the first time since the coronavirus pandemic has started. During the first wave, ICU places were increased to 160 in the Swedish capital but are now almost full. Eriksson made an appeal not to "gather in the shops for Christmas shopping, in the local for a drink after work even if that's what we want to do. The consequences are horrific." (HANDLE).