Army steps in to help hospitals in east France fight COVID-19

France’s army stepped in to transfer six patients in critical condition due to coronavirus to a military facility on Wednesday. The decision to move patients comes as doctors in the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in the eastern French cities of Mulhouse and Colmar warn that the system is at breaking point. France has recorded 9,134 cases with 264 deaths.

Army steps in to help hospitals in east France fight COVID-19

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