BERLIN — Germany is considering sending emergency assistance to India to help the country cope with a surge in COVID-19 cases that threatens to overwhelm the country’s hospitals.
The German Defense Ministry said Sunday it’s examining the possibility of providing a mobile oxygen generator and other aid to India.
Chancellor Angela Merkel earlier expressed her sympathy to the people of India and said Germany was “urgently preparing a mission of support.”
The German military has so far conducted 38 support missions for other nations or international organizations during the coronavirus pandemic.
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THE VIRUS OUTBREAK:
— Europe reopens but virus patients still overwhelm ICU teams
— India’s crematoriums overwhelmed as virus ‘swallows people’
— Merkel urges Germans to accept ‘tough’ virus restrictions
