German hospitals with spare capacity will take in at least 47 coronavirus patients from Italy in a sign of European solidarity, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Thursday.

“Because we stand by our Italian friends. We can only manage this together,” Maas said in a short statement.

In Italy, an overwhelmed health care system has witnessed the outbreak kill more people than in any other country.

Ahead of an expected larger wave of domestic infections that German authorities are preparing for, a first group of six Italian patients arrived at Leipzig airport in the eastern state of Saxony on Tuesday.

The western state of North Rhine-Westphalia also announced plans to take 10 Italian patients in coming days.
As of Wednesday, there were 36,508 cases of coronavirus in Germany, with 198 deaths, the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases said. That compares with 74,386 confirmed cases in Italy, where 7,503 have died.

German Health Minister Jens Spahn said earlier on Thursday that the country was still in “the calm before the storm”, adding authorities were using the time they had won with extensive testing to prepare for a wave of cases expected in the coming weeks.

Source:- Reuters

That is what we called friendship

These are d real giants of their continent.. Not an acclaimed giant of Africa who doesn't even have enough hospitals talk more of bedspace for their citizens

Even Germany and Italy are more united than Nigeria.

Make I hear say enugu state volunteer to accommodate kastina state patients

kereman1:
Even Germany and Italy are more united than Nigeria.

Make I hear say enugu state volunteer to accommodate kastina state patients

Oga at least Italy and germany are in europe.
.Enugu and kastina is like Europe and Antarctica.

Btw, will Iran take US corona patients?

God help Nigeria, with what I'm seeing hmm Nigeria is not ready and will never be ready for this Coronavirus

partnerinbiz4:


Oga at least Italy and germany are in europe.
.Enugu and kastina is like Europe and Antarctica.

Btw, will [b]Iran take US corona [/b]patients?

Is there any rift between Enugu and Katsina ??

Some people ON this forum self. ... No be Una fault , na Corona cause am

stabilizer:



Is there any rift between Enugu and Katsina ??

Some people ON this forum self. ... No be Una fault , na Corona cause am

So there is no rift between southerners and Northerners.

partnerinbiz4:

So there is no rift between southerners and Northerners.

Bros everything is not POLITICS especially during this time we are facing health difficulty nation wide.. We need to act and reason like One. Don't forget the POLITICS involve in this pandemic is beyond all Africans internal POLITICS... If ibo man wan do test for Kano, WOULD they ignore him?