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Germany is afraid and returns to the total blockade, from Wednesday to January 10. “The light confinement decided on November 2 did not work – admits Frau Merkel -, we must react, and immediately”. The chancellor a month ago was in favor of a severe shutdown, but failed to convince the prime ministers of the sixteen regions. Yesterday, in videoconference, one hour was enough for everyone to agree: the emergency is expected to continue for at least three months. “How do we happen to celebrate Christmas with almost 600 deaths a day,” he warned in Parliament four days ago with his voice broken by emotion. The…
The Germany he is afraid and returns to the total blockade, from Wednesday to January 10. “The light blocking decided on November 2 did not work – admits Mrs. Merkel -, we must react, and immediately. “The chancellor already spoke in favor of a severe closure a month ago, but was unable to convince the prime ministers of the sixteen regions. Yesterday, in videoconference, an hour was enough for everyone agrees: the emergency is expected to continue for at least three months. “How do we happen to celebrate Christmas with almost 600 deaths a day”He had warned in Parliament four days ago with a voice broken by emotion. The health system is on edge. In Saxony, in the east, it may already be necessary to resort to triage, the selection of patients. This week’s peak was 30,000 new cases and 590 victims, figures that fell over the weekend, when the data, however, is not complete. Health depends on the Länder and Bavaria has always been the strictest.
“Bergamo is closer to Munich than one might think – warned Prime Minister Markus Söder -, Germany runs the risk of becoming a tragic case in Europe, the situation is out of control.” And it was decided by curfew from 21 to 5 in the morning, you can only leave for urgent and proven reasons, and for work. In the rest of Germany, From December 16, schools and kindergartens will close, closed all shops (except food, basic needs and pharmacies), shutters also closed for hairdressers and gyms. In short, credits for Christmas purchases. You will have to promote online work from home. You can then meet at home, but no more than five people from two families, there are no limits for children. From 24 to 26 for Christmas, less strict measures, but the rules vary little from region to region. It is not celebrated on New Year’s Eve, bonfires are also prohibited. You can go to mass, synagogue and mosque, as long as you respect safety distances.
A month locked up costs 11 billion and 200 million, but Finance Minister Olaf Scholz reassures: aid to a single company goes from 200 thousand to half a million euros. We are late, he confesses, many are still waiting for the grants promised in November (equal to 75% of the turnover in November 2019), from now on it will be done faster. How was it possible that the situation got out of control in Germany, where everything had worked almost perfectly in recent months?
The dead were less than 10 thousand before the summer, today they are close to 22 thousand. According to experts, it was the open schools that caused the increase in infections. There are just over 27,000 beds in intensive care, compared to about 8,700 in Italy. But the specialized staff to handle them is not enough, at least another 4500 nurses are needed, who are not trained in a few months. In Berlin, ICU beds are already 90% occupied, of the 1,217, 113 are still free, but only a third welcome Covid patients. After the holidays, vaccination will begin, but only 4 million doses will be available in January. In the first rank, the eighty years, doctors, nurses. The ministers and deputies will have to wait for the fifth band.
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