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2021-02-23 22:05:53 GMT2021-02-24 06:05:53(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
LISBON, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) Portugal on Tuesday welcomed the second team of German military health professionals who assist the country in the treatment of COVID-19 patients.
The German Army s transport plane landed at the military airport of Figo Maduro in Lisbon, and the team was received by members of the Portuguese government before the medics took up their posts at the Hospital da Luz.
Portugal s Secretary of State for Health, Diogo Serras Lopes, expressed enormous thanks to this second team.
The contribution made by the first team, which arrived in Portugal three weeks ago and will leave on Feb. 25, in an extraordinarily difficult time was very important, and this second team will also make an excellent contribution, he said.