Germany’s health system could face strains similar to those in Italy if the coronavirus outbreak in the country worsens, the head of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the federal agency responsible for disease control, told a newspaper, according to Reuters.
Lothar Wieler’s comments came as RKI data showed the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany had risen to 52,547 and 389 people had died of the disease there.
"We cannot rule out that we will have more patients than ventilators in this country ... Of course, we must expect that the capacities will not be sufficient," Wieler told Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
