TOKYO — Japan risks running out of intensive care unit space in 43 of its 47 prefectures at the peak of the coronavirus outbreak, an analysis based on government estimates shows. Cross-referencing the share of the population expected to develop serious COVID-19 symptoms during the peak of the pandemic with […]
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Japan faces ICU bed shortage amid coronavirus spread
TOKYO — Japan may face a shortage of intensive care unit beds as the number of coronavirus infections grows rapidly in the country. A government estimate of the number of potentially severely ill patients shows that in 43 of Japan’s 47 prefectures, the number of patients at the peak could exceed […]