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“Now we have to do everything we can to prevent the virus from spreading uncontrollably. Every day counts, ”German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a video message on Saturday.
He asked people to stay home and cancel all trips, all celebrations that are not essential.Merkel said that they have reached a “very serious stage” of the epidemic in Germany and that the number of registered infections is increasing day by day.
“The summer has been quiet compared to that, but it is over, now we are facing difficult months. In the coming days, weeks, it will be decided what winter will be like, what Christmas will be like. We all, together, influence through our actions. ”According to the Chancellor, the first half of the year was so successful in Germany because everyone followed the rules, which are now more necessary.
Nearly 8,000 new infections were reported in the country on Saturday, a record since the outbreak. In comparison, per million people, the daily number of registered infections in Hungary is twice that of Germany (last week the daily average was 122 here, 63 there).
More importantly, the proportion of daily positive tests is around two percent on average in Germany, while it is higher than 10 percent in Hungary. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the epidemic is considered to be less than five percent controlled. In the second wave, the situation in Germany is much more favorable in terms of mortality. (In vain Viktor Orbán claimed the exact opposite on Friday).
Deutsche Welle writes that tens of thousands of people in Germany want to be hired in the next period just to conduct a contact investigation, while the military is also involved in this work.
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