German air force to move ICU patients as COVID cases rise
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The German air force will begin assisting the transfer of intensive care patients Friday as the government warned that the situation in the country is more serious than at any point in the pandemic
BERLIN -- The German air force will begin assisting the transfer of intensive care patients Friday as the government warned that the situation in the country is more serious than at any point in the pandemic.
Citing the sharp rise in cases, Health Minister Jens Spahn said contacts between people need to be sharply reduced to curb the spread of the virus.
“The situation is dramatically serious, more serious than it's been at any point in the pandemic,” he told reporters in Berlin.
Spahn said Germany was having to organize large-scale transfers of patients within the country for the first time since the outbreak began in early 2020.
