Covid Holland today, patients transferred to Germany

In the Netherlands, hospitals are under pressure, so much so that they decide to give up treating some patients to dedicate themselves to those infected with the coronavirus. Hence the decision of the Dutch authorities to transfer some of his patients to neighboring Germany. The first transfer this morning: it is a Rotterdam patient who was transferred by ambulance to a hospital in Bochum, about 240 kilometers away, followed by a second in the following hours. In recent weeks, the number of Covid patients admitted to Dutch hospitals has peaked since May and is expected to increase further as infections increase. Data released yesterday indicated that 470 intensive care beds in Dutch hospitals, out of a total of 1,050, were occupied by Covid-19 patients.