Croatia is ready to take in "about ten" Covid patents from the Czech Republic and Slovakia each, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic tweeted on Tuesday after his telephone conversation with his counterparts from these two countries, Andrej Babis, and Igor Matovic.

“I have conveyed Croatia’s readiness to hospitalize about ten Covid-19 patients each from the Czech Republic and Slovakia, if necessary, taking into consideration the fact that their health systems are under strain,” Plenkovic tweeted.

The Czech Republic, which has been one of the hardest hit countries in the world by the Covid epidemic in the most recent surge, has formally asked Germany, Switzerland, and Poland to take in dozens of its Covid-19 patients as the situation in its own hospitals has reportedly reached a critical point.

Slovakia has already transferred some of its patients abroad this week. Poland and Germany each have said that they could hospitalize ten patients from that country.