With the pandemic the CGDIS was additionally tasked to man the corona hotline and distribute face masks to communes.
Currently positive Covid patients are transported to clinics to evenly distribute the workload amongst the country's hospitals.
70 paramedics could already receive the first Pfizer/BioNTech jab within the first three days, the first group of 1,200 employees working in ambulances or as first responders.
"We have roughly 20 daily Covid-related emergencies, where we are also transporting positive patients, so it's important to send our people a message that they are part of this and can be protected", Schroeder says. There have been no reported cases of CGDIS staff who got infected during work.
