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(6 years ago)Germany's Health Minister called “disturbing” increasing coronary infection to over 4,000 per day. But authorities warned that the number could run by 10,000. Germany's top epidemic control official warned that Germany may experience up to 10,000 new cases of infection per day if [...]
Germany's Health Minister called “disturbing” increasing coronary infection to over 4,000 per day. But authorities warned that the number could run by 10,000.
Germany's top epidemic control official warned that Germany could experience up to 10,000 new cases of infection per day if people do not follow hygiene and social distance rules.
It is possible that the spread of the virus is out of control,” told reporters in Berlin Lothar Wieler, director of the Robert Koch Institute.
We don't know how the situation will develop in Germany in the coming weeks. It is possible to experience 10,000 new cases a day,” he said.
His announcement came after an increase in new cases. Germany recorded more than 4,000 coronary infections in a 24-hour period, marking the highest figures recorded since the summit in the spring.
The figures released Thursday by the Robert Koch Institute speak of 4058 new confirmed infections ʹ a change of more than 12,000 cases compared to 2828 cases Wednesday.
“The figures are about a disturbing change,” said Health Minister Jens Spahn in Berlin. Say no other country in Europe has managed the crisis so well so far. But we must not play what we have accomplished. ”
Health authorities had not recorded such a large number of daily cases since late March and early April, when Germany often recorded more than 6,000 new cases a day. Infectations began to rise again in July, a rise linked to people returning from summer vacation.
The Paradox of complacency
Wieler also asked people to follow closely the regulations and measures specified to prevent the spread of the virus.
The current situation worries me very much... I ask you to abide by the rules,” he said, adding that only 8% of the cases of infection in Germany were imported from other continents.
Wieler described “preventation paradox”: that complacency had increased precisely because measures taken by authorities and the public since March had led to a relatively low death rate.
On Wednesday, most of Germany's 16 federal countries agreed to impose a ban on people coming from the increasing number of infection zones, so they are not allowed to stay in hotels or elsewhere. However, people from designated regions as danger zones, or areas at risk of becoming hot spots, can continue to travel.
Health authorities can overload
The move came as government spokesman Stephen Seibert said increasing cases could no longer be linked to a single “blast event” and warned that health authorities trying to track infections could be overloaded.
Health authorities also repeated calls to limit unnecessary travel.
Meanwhile, Berlin, known for its active nightlife, will impose bans on nighttime activities in the capital.
At least 3110,144 people in Germany have been infected with coronarys since the beginning of the pandemic, and over 9500 people have died. / DW
