Two patients from Western Slovakia were transferred to Dortmund, Germany. The first patient was taken by air ambulance this morning, with the second patient taken off a government special shortly after lunch, at these moments should land on German soil.
It is an international aid for European solidarity that has already been used by several European countries, including the Netherlands or France.
Europe also helps each other with vaccines. Slovakia will receive 15 000 vaccines from Astra Zeneca as a gift from France.
Under the European solidarity system, my country can also count on 100,000 vaccines from Pfizer/Biontech.
We thank the Federal State of North Rhine-Westfalen for the assistance offered to patients, as well as other countries that help Slovakia cope with the pandemic as part of European solidarity.
Poland has already offered to help Slovakia. The first patients were taken to the hospital in Gorlice in recent days. In Slovakia, doctors and nurses from Romania are also helping with European assistance these days.