"Germany will pay the costs of caring for [European] patients, because this is our concept of European solidarity," said Health Minister Jens Spahn. The costs are expected to reach almost 20 million euros.
Berlin currently supports "more than 200 European coronavirus patients" and has "the capacity, if necessary, to accommodate more," added the minister. Less affected than its neighbors by the pandemic, and benefiting from more places for resuscitation, Germany has received in recent weeks, European patients. These transfers have enabled hospitals in the Grand Est to avoid saturation.
A lifting of the containment across the Rhine
This announcement comes as the country reopens on Monday most stores with an area of less than 800 m2, as part of a gradual lifting of containment measures. The Covid-19 epidemic in Germany is now "under control and manageable," said Jens Spahn on Friday.
The country counted 141,672 officially listed cases of coronavirus on Monday (+1,175 in 24 hours) and 4,404 deaths, according to the latest count from the Robert Koch Institute.
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