EU to fund transfer of virus patients across borders

Brussels has set aside €220 million to transfer Covid-19 patients from hard-hit member states to neighbours with spare hospital beds, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said today.

They were urged not to close their borders to each other, but to work together to share the best techniques for controlling the virus and prepare the distribution of an eventual vaccine. Ms von der Leyen, herself an academic epidemiologist before going into German politics, said "massive testing" would be key to getting through the crisis and called on EU states to adopt joint standards for rapid antigen testing.

In a tweet, the Netherlands' premier Mark Rutte said there had been "good discussion" and "though each country organises their own healthcare system, we must work together where we can." France is introducing a four-week nationwide lockdown starting tomorrow, and Germany is closing all bars, restaurants and other social venues until the end of next month.

220 million will be swallowed up by the PR firms releasing this story

So your saying somebodys child can be taken to another country and with the lockdown procedures won't be able to visit them for at least 28 days or God knows how long!!!!

That is fantastic news, we can ease restrictions safe in the knowledge we have spare ICU capacity with our neighbors if required. Great news, let's open up again and get the country out of lockdown. When are the government going to announce the end of restrictions?

Right up Meehole’s alley, we could do with the money !!!! Rent a few patients off Arlene split the cash 50/50

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220 million hey🤔 that's nearly as much as the 225 million the corrupt Irish government have paid for direct provision and the fake refugees in Ireland..🇮🇪🦊 while our own homeless people live and die on the streets..

Well done Europe! 🇪🇺

Surely a better idea would be to spend it increasing beds in each country, bad enough isolated in a hospital but to be isolated in another country

Fuck off it's a new flu

Surely not ?

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