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.
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.