Lower Silesia (Poland) and the Free-State of Saxony (Germany) have helped one another in a rare yet inspiring example of cross-border cooperation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the coronavirus first landed in Europe, cross-border interactions and cooperation between border regions has been more limited. Nevertheless, despite current limitations the regions of Lower Silesia and Saxony have enjoyed a close relationship of mutual medical assistance during this difficult time.

On 22 April, 100,000 facemasks for protecting against the coronavirus arrived in Lower Silesia. These masks had been donated to Lower Silesia from its partner region, the Free-State of Saxony in Germany. Of these masks, 50 000 are protective FFP2 masks while 50 000 are surgical masks. As of late April, the Polish national government has made wearing protective facial equipment compulsory outside one's residence, this assistance from Saxony was greatly appreciated by the President of the Lower Silesia region, Cezary Przybylski.

A few days prior, 1 000 protective suits and 2 000 masks also arrived from Saxony. This cooperation between Saxony and Lower Silesia also extends to testing for COVID-19 with labs in Dresden testing sometimes as many as 200 samples from Lower Silesia every day. Over 3 000 medical samples from Polish citizens have been tested for COVID-19 in Germany as of 24 April. This additional analysis from German labs is especially valuable as authorities in Poland can quickly discern when a local healthcare professional is well enough to resume work, or if he or she must be withdrawn from the work. Furthermore, deepened cooperation between Polish and German labs as well as medical professionals allows for greater coordination and accuracy as it relates to testing for COVID-19 in both countries. Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, Lower Silesia, and Saxony both enjoyed shared economic interests and grew in their mutual financial interdependence. To see these regions assist one another is not only an example of cross-border cooperation, but European solidarity moreover.