Source::Xinhuanet
LISBON,
Portugal on Tuesday welcomed the second team of German military health professionals who assist the country in the treatment of COVID-19 patients. The German Army's transport plane landed at the military airport of Figo Maduro in Lisbon, and the team was received by members of the Portuguese government before the medics took up their posts at the Hospital da Luz.
Portugal's Secretary of State for Health, Diogo Serras Lopes, expressed "enormous thanks" to this second team. The contribution made by the first team, which arrived in Portugal three weeks ago and will leave on Feb. 25, "in an extraordinarily difficult time was very important, and this second team will also make an excellent contribution," he said.
Serras Lopes told journalists that despite the recent drop in the number of new coronavirus cases, the pressure on Portugal's hospitals remains high. Catarina Sarmento, secretary of state for human resources and war veterans, said: "This is a crisis for everyone. Portugal has always had a great tradition of solidarity with other countries," and for that reason, it "recognizes with commitment the effort and gesture of the German military personnel."
Martin Ney, Germany's ambassador to Lisbon, said that German aid will continue for another six weeks regardless of the evolution of the epidemiological situation in Portugal. "The German medical team will continue to work side by side with Portuguese doctors to save lives, as has been successfully achieved in the past three weeks," the ambassador said.
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