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(Fight against New Coronary Pneumonia) Germany has cumulatively diagnosed more than 1.2 million and authorized institutions call for a “strict lockdown”
China News Agency, Berlin, December 8 (Reporter Peng Dawei) On the evening of the eighth local time, the cumulative number of people diagnosed with the new corona virus in Germany exceeded 1.2 million and the death toll accumulated is close to 20,000. The German Academy of Sciences issued a policy proposal on the same day, calling on the entire country to use the upcoming Christmas and New Year holidays to implement a “strict lockdown” measure that is more powerful than the current “partial lockdown.” to avoid further deterioration of the epidemic.
The German department for disease control announced on the 8th that the number of new diagnoses in a single day was 14,054. According to real-time data from Germany’s “Times Online”, at 6:00 p.m. that day, Germany had a total of 1,210,472 confirmed cases, 881,570 cured, and 19,929 deaths. As a key indicator for the German government to observe the trend of the epidemic, the “average number of new cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last seven days” was 156.7 as of December 7, which is still much higher than the official implementation of the second round of “city closure” on November 2. The “under 50” goal set out above.
The German Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina National Academy of Sciences) is the oldest federation in the fields of natural sciences and medicine in Germany. The new corona pneumonia epidemic assessment report released by the agency in April this year served as an important reference for the German federal and state governments to make “unlocking” decisions during the first wave of the epidemic.
The German Academy of Sciences stated in a proposal published on the 8th that the current epidemic in Germany remains serious and faces the risk of continued deterioration. Although Germany has implemented a “city lockdown” to some degree since the beginning of November, the number of new infections remains high, with hundreds of people dying from the new crown every day.
The German Academy of Sciences said that currently hospitals and medical personnel are on the verge of overload, and local health departments are already overwhelmed. To bring the development of the epidemic back under control, its recommendations should be applied in two steps:
Among them, as of December 14 of this year, the implementation of compulsory education must be suspended, and everyone must work from home; as of December 24, except for businesses that sell food and medicine necessary for daily life, all other businesses must be closed. People should minimize social contact with other people than their family members.
The German Academy of Sciences stated that the above-mentioned “tight lockdown” measures may provide Germany with the opportunity to vigorously contain the development of the epidemic.
German Chancellor Merkel is expected to hold the next epidemic prevention policy meeting with state governors on January 4, 2021. It is unclear whether she will meet with governors again before Christmas. However, as of the afternoon of the 8th, the German states of Saxony and Bavaria have announced more stringent epidemic prevention measures than current national practices. (End up)
