The new type of coronavirus is spreading dramatically in Germany, and measures to stop the epidemic are insufficient, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at a meeting of her party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), on Monday, Bild said. .

Coronavirus: the second wave

Half a year after the spring outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the second wave of the pandemic has arrived. The radical increase in the number of infected is forcing more and more countries to re-impose restrictions, despite the fact that the world economy has not even recovered from the effects of the spring outbreak. According to the signs, the second wave also reached Hungary. Follow our news!

The politician stressed in the online meeting that the epidemic could not be stopped, the number of new infections recorded per day doubled in seven days and local health agencies involved in detecting and breaking the infection chains could not bear the increasing load. The situation is “extremely dynamic” and “dramatic” – Angela Merkel told image stressing that the increase in the number of cases must be stopped, otherwise a “difficult situation” in health care could develop.

Chancellor Helge Braun added that the defense was effective in the summer, but by the fall the situation had changed and the caution and concern of the population had diminished.

[Szlávik: Ha két dolgot betartunk, szinte nulla a megfertőződés esélye]

Thus, the intensive care units will sooner or later be filled, warned the minister, who is a doctor in terms of his qualifications and worked from 2001 to 2009 as a researcher at the Institute of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care of the University Clinic of Giessen. He added that it is necessary to reduce the number of physical relationships between people at risk of infection to regain control of the spread of the virus.

In addition to decreasing concern about SARS-Cov-2, Germany is characterized not only by public support for around 80 percent of basic infectious hygiene rules, but also by a minority but radical rejection of precautions and restrictions.

[Az infektológus szerint a következő hetekben megugorhat a halottak száma Magyarországon]

According to Monday’s data from RKI, there have been 8,685 infections in the last 24 hours, roughly double the 4,325 in the previous week. Along with the new cases, the pathogen has already been detected in 437,866 people in Germany. The number of deaths associated with the disease caused by the virus increased by 24 in one day to 10,056.

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