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The first Slovak patients with COVID-19 have been admitted from neighboring Poland, and others are expected in Germany to alleviate the situation in the Central European country, which has the highest mortality rate in the pandemic worldwide, authorities in Bratislava said. France Press.
Three patients are currently in Poland. We know that more will probably arrive, said Polish Deputy Minister of Health Waldemar Kraska on Polsat News TV, BTA reported.
The first two Slovak patients were expected to arrive in the German city of Dortmund in the afternoon, the government of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia said. They will probably be followed by 8 more patients in the coming days.
According to authorities in Bratislava, Poland and Germany have so far offered 10 hospital beds for Slovak patients.
Poland is also waiting for a signal from the Czech authorities to accept the first patient from this country, added Deputy Minister Kraska.
According to Polish officials, the patients transferred from Bratislava and Prague are patients who are in a “rather serious condition” and must be placed on mechanical ventilation.
Slovakia, with a population of 5.4 million, has registered an average of 24.09 deaths per 100,000 people in the last 14 days. This is the highest percentage in the world.
Slovakia is followed by the neighboring Czech Republic, which has 22.52 deaths per 100,000 people, according to AFP.
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