(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The German epidemic rebound continues, experts warn that returning imported cases may lift the epidemic
China News Agency, Berlin, July 24 (Reporter Peng Dawei) The new crown epidemic index released by the German disease control agency on the 24th continued its rebound trend for many days. Frank Montgomery, president of the World Medical Association, warned that day, as a large number of young people travel to Spain and Italy without being fully vaccinated, the return of cases imported from these countries to Germany may significantly increase the domestic epidemic in that country.
The German disease control agency announced that the number of newly diagnosed new crown virus infections and the number of new deaths were 1,919 and 28 respectively. As of that day, the total number of confirmed cases was 3,754,511 and the total number of deaths was 91,520. The important indicator used by the German government to monitor the severity of the epidemic, “the cumulative number of new diagnoses per 100,000 people in seven days” rose to 13.6 on the same day. The index reached its lowest point this year-4.9 on July 6, but it has continued to rebound since then. At present, Germany has received 89 million doses of the vaccine, and a total of 40,817,711 people have been fully vaccinated, accounting for 49.1% of the country’s total population.
At present, Germany has entered the “summer break” stage, and people are going out on vacation one after another. On the one hand, this has driven the recovery of the air passenger industry that has been hit hard by the epidemic. For example, on July 23, the new Berlin Airport achieved a single-day passenger flow of more than 50,000 passengers for the first time since its opening in October 2020; on the other hand, it was also due to Spain. The surge in epidemics in popular tourist destinations in Germany such as Mallorca has raised concerns about imported cases.
In response to the follow-up development of the German epidemic, Frank Montgomery, the chairman of the German World Medical Association, issued the aforementioned warning in an interview with German media that day. He called on the authorities to take stricter quarantine measures for returning passengers who have not been fully vaccinated, while continuing to implement various epidemic prevention measures to prevent the fourth wave of possible outbreaks from reaching a “tsunami”-like scale.
Lauterbach, a public health expert from the German Social Democratic Party, also called on the German society to remain vigilant that day. He pointed out that Germany has not yet achieved herd immunity, so he recommends that crowded entertainment venues such as discos are only open to people who have been fully vaccinated, people who have fully recovered after being infected with the new crown virus, and those who have undergone a new crown test, or at least they should All participants are required to wear masks. (Finish)