BERLIN. The variants of Covid, in Germany, are making “the situation particularly dangerous”. Frightened by the possibility that at this rate of growth in infections the country may see the health system at the limit of possibilities since mid-April, the Minister of Health, Jens Spahn, raises the alarm and announces higher security measures.
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Germany will immediately strengthen health measures at the border, particularly due to the spread of the pandemic in France. Random border checks will be multiplied, with mandatory tests, but not with quarantine, also explained the French Foreign Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian.
In Germany, 21,573 new cases of Covid were ascertained yesterday, with 183 deaths. The data released by the Robert Koch Institute speak at this point of a total of 2,734,753 infections with 75,623 deaths since the beginning of the health emergency. There are about 191,500 active cases, while 2,467,600 people have recovered. Other measures could be adopted in the next few hours: in addition to the tightening of the links between France and Germany, all passengers on air flights arriving in Germany from Monday will have to submit a test for Covid-19 with a negative result before departure. announced the German minister.