the german city of alephs book has been badly affected by the corona virus at least 17 people recently died in a care home. and now this hospital has been forced to stop receiving new patients after various employees tested positive this case is an example of how the crisis in this country which is one of the most affected in europe is testing the limits of its health care system it is often considered one of the most advanced in the world but the pandemic is also revealing its weaknesses there are reports of staff and equipment shortages of unnecessary bureaucracy of lacking digitalisation and also other frequent need to improvise the government and in particular the health minister are aware of the challenges ahead. it's to inflate if the doctors and nurses are probably preparing for the biggest challenge in 75 years. we already have many infected people in germany and we also mourn many deaths. this is still the calm before the storm for the i'm sure. germany has comparatively few coronavirus deaths which is partly to do with the high number of tests in the country. but this is not