FILE - In this March 23, 2020, file photo, medical employees wait to carry out tests at a coronavirus test center for public service employees, during a media presentation in Munich, Germany. Germany has seen a steady rise in the number of new coronavirus infections, but so far deaths have been low compared to many of its European neighbors. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
April 1, 2020
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Europe faces ICU crunch, rushes to build field hospitals
ROME (AP) — Facing intense surges in the need for hospital ICU beds, European nations are on a building and hiring spree, throwing together makeshift hospitals and shipping coronavirus patients out of overwhelmed cities via high-speed trains and military jets. The key question is whether they will be able to find enough healthy medical staff to make it all work.