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(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Germany implemented a “total closure” on the 16th: most shops, primary and secondary schools closed
China News Agency, Berlin, December 13 (Journalist Peng Dawei) Due to the continuing deterioration of the new corona epidemic, German Chancellor Merkel urgently held a meeting with the state governors on the 13th and made a resolution. From the 16th of this month to the 10th of next year, the current The “partial lock” was upgraded to a “hard lock”. During this period, most retail stores, except food supermarkets, must be closed, primary and secondary schools and kindergartens will also be closed, and the number of family gatherings during Christmas will be strictly limited. Merkel said every effort should be made to act quickly to avoid overloading the medical system.
After the outbreak of the second round of the epidemic, Germany has implemented epidemic prevention measures known as “partial city closure” from November 2 to the present, which is milder than the first wave of the epidemic in the first half of the year. However, almost a month and a half after the implementation of this measure, the epidemic situation in Germany has continued to harden, with the number of newly diagnosed cases and deaths in a single day reaching new highs.
The resolution reached by the German federal government and the states on the same day included a series of measures to be taken from December 16 to improve current epidemic prevention efforts.
Among them, private parties cannot exceed 5 people maximum (not counting children under 14 years old), and participants can only come from two different families maximum. During the Christmas period from December 24 to 26, each family can invite 4 strangers to the party. From December 31 to January 1, New Year’s Eve the following year, gatherings are banned throughout Germany and fireworks are banned in public places.
During the period from December 16 to January 10 of the following year, except for places that sell food and other necessities, other stores must be closed, hairdressers and other places must also be closed. Caterers can still provide take-out and delivery services, but dinner meals are not allowed. During the “strict lockdown” period, drinking is not allowed in public places and violators will be fined.
On the same day, the German federal government and the states made an urgent call to all people to avoid all domestic and cross-border travel for non-emergency reasons from now until January 10 next year. The government pledged to continue providing financing to companies affected by the epidemic prevention measures.
Merkel said on the same day that the German government’s goal remains to reduce the “average number of new diagnoses per 100,000 people in 7 days” to 50 people, and the epidemic prevention measures taken so far are not enough to achieve this goal. . “So we have to do it and we are taking action now.”
The German disease control department announced on the 13th that the number of new confirmed cases was 20,200. According to real-time data from Germany’s “Times Online”, at 18:00 local time on the 13th, Germany had a total of 1,333,469 confirmed diagnoses, 967,777 cured and 22,274 deaths. (End up)
