4 hours agoGermany extends deadlock until March 7th
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the country's 16 governors decided on Wednesday to extend until March 7th the country's impasse to prevent the coronary pandemic. Under their agreement, many aspects of the current stalemate, which would end on February 14th, would be extended but some exceptions would be made, including [...]
Under their agreement, many aspects of the current deadlock, which would end on 14 February, will be extended but several exceptions will be made, including wigs which are allowed to reopen their businesses on March 1st, with strict hygiene regulations.
The blockade lasted until March 7th, because by that date it is believed that the level of 50 new infections for 100,000 people has been reached throughout Germany for seven days, said Angela Merkel, who added that the infection rate had dropped from 110 to just over two weeks.
But it warned that new strains of the virus present the risk of a third <x0val>” that can only be prevented if authorities are able to track all new cases once again.
The weekly number of new infections has dropped to 68 per 100,000. The government's goal is to reach below 50 to enable reliable contact tracking. It peaked just before Christmas with nearly 200.
Germany's second impasse began in November and was extended and toughened before Christmas due to concern that the number of patients with COVIDD-19 could overload hospitals.
With the deadlock extended, bars, restaurants and most shops will remain closed.
On Wednesday, the German Institute Robert Koch reported 8 072 new cases and 813 deaths in 24 hours.
Germany has recorded more than 63,000 confirmed victims during the pandemic.
