(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Germany newly diagnosed more than 50,000 in a single day, the Federation and the states will urgently discuss epidemic prevention policies
China News Agency, Berlin, November 11 (Reporter Peng Dawei) The situation of the new crown epidemic in Germany continues to deteriorate. On the 11th, the German disease control agency announced that the number of newly diagnosed new crown virus infections hit a new high in the country since the epidemic, reaching 50,196; the death toll also surged to more than 200. In response to the escalating epidemic, the German Federal Government and the states will hold an emergency meeting on the 18th to discuss epidemic prevention policies.
The German disease control agency Robert Koch Institute announced that the number of new diagnoses and the number of new deaths were 50,196 and 235 respectively. As of that day, a total of 4,894,250 were diagnosed and 97,198 died. Among them, the country’s official “accumulated number of newly confirmed cases per 100,000 people in seven days” (incidence rate index) used to monitor the severity of the epidemic rose to 249.1 that day, the highest since the epidemic. There were 52 new patients requiring ICU intensive care treatment, bringing the total number to 2739. As of that day, Germany had received 114.1 million doses of the new crown vaccine, and a total of 56 million people had been fully vaccinated, accounting for 67.3% of the country’s total population.
In response to the current epidemic situation in Germany, the country’s medical care industry organizations and virologists have issued severe warnings. On the same day, President Gass of the German Hospital Association said that due to the rapid increase in the number of newly diagnosed cases, it has become an unachievable goal to avoid the overload of intensive care beds in German hospitals. “It is inevitable that the extreme value of 4000 intensive care beds will be broken.” .
The authoritative German virologist Drosten pointed out that it is wrong to believe that the current wave of the epidemic is only among those who have not been vaccinated. Due to the breakthrough characteristics of the delta mutant strain, those who have been vaccinated will also be infected. , Although the number is relatively small. The director of the Robert Koch Institute, Willer, suggested that through the implementation of “2G measures” throughout Germany (that is, most indoor places only allow people who have been fully vaccinated and those who have recovered from infection) to encourage those who have not yet been vaccinated to choose vaccination .
Since Germany is currently in the post-election negotiation period for cabinet formation, the new federal government has not yet been formed. The rapid deterioration of the epidemic has also triggered criticism from public opinion that the country has fallen into a “power vacuum”. The chairman of the joint meeting of German state governors and the governor of North Rhine-Westphalia, Worcester, announced on the same day that after reaching an agreement with the caretaker Chancellor Merkel and the Social Democratic Party, the largest party in the parliament, he has called the governors of the states to attend the federal and state meetings on the 18th of this month. Epidemic prevention policy meeting. He said that the parties are ready to take the necessary emergency measures to reach a consensus, “The government has a handover period, but there is no new crown virus.” (End)
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