- On March 28, a German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Airbus A310 "Medevac" transported six COVID-19 patients from Bergamo, Italy to the Cologne Bonn Airport to receive treatment in Germany.
- About 50 COVID-19 patients from Italy are now being treated in Germany as of March 26, The Hill reported.
- The Airbus A-310 "Medevac" that carried the six coronavirus passengers has six intensive care beds and enough room to transport 38 patients "lying down," according to the Luftwaffe.
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A German Air Force Airbus A-310 "Medevac" transported six COVID-19 patients from Bergamo, Italy to the Cologne Bonn Airport to receive coronavirus treatment in Germany on March 28.
After arriving in Germany, the COVID-19 patients were brought to different hospitals for treatment, according to a tweet by the German Air Force known as the Luftwaffe. Germany has also opened its hospitals to more Italian coronavirus patients: as of March 26, about 50 COVID-19 patients from Italy are being treated in Germany, The Hill reported.
"Any help across borders is now important," Germany's Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer wrote in a tweet. "That is why the Bundeswehr [Federal Defense Force] is helping with our flying intensive care unit of the Air Force to transport seriously ill people from Italy to Germany for treatment. Europe sticks together."
In total, the Airbus A310 "Medevac" that carried the six coronavirus passengers has six intensive care beds and enough room to transport 38 patients "lying down," according to the Luftwaffe.
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