it's early morning in berlin major general broyard is on his way to his morning briefing there are many topics on the table from stuffing levels to the security situation from media coverage to the weather and of course the many requests for help they receive from across the country according to the major general the coronavirus crisis is also the kind of assistance his command provides in the past the german army has mainly offered support in the event of floods and forest fires now the entire country has to deal with a different kind of calamity. in in the last few days we had to turn down a number of requests and whenever it's a matter of medical supplies which are very very scarce for us to do what we can do and what has been happening over the last week and a half is offer a helping hand. and. like a town in southern germany here 35 soldiers are now providing support in retirement and nursing homes. you could have to get into of course our nursing staff is currently reaching the limit if there is an emergency situation especially in the nursing home that's why i approached the germ