Hospitals in the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg have offered to treat some critically ill patients from the neighboring Alsace region in France. Four teaching hospitals and an army hospital in the south-western German state will take in 10 French patients requiring ventilation, Baden-Wuerttemberg's science and research ministry said in a statement today. The German state is also checking with other hospitals for more spare beds in intensive care units. Doctors in the eastern French cities of Mulhouse and Colmar have warned that the healthcare system is at breaking point. Theresia Bauer, the German minister for Science, Research and Art, said: "We are sending a sign of solidarity to our French neighbours."

Source: Daily Mirror March 21, 2020 18:57 UTC