Germany launches new rules for unvaccinated and introduces anti-covid restrictions to counter the fourth wave of infections. The federal government and the prime ministers of the 16 regional governments have decided to introduce wide restrictions on public life for those who have not been vaccinated against covid.
Bars, restaurants, places of leisure, sport and culture will be accessible only to those who are vaccinated and cured of the covid. The 2G rule – green light to vaccinated and cured – will start, as has already happened in various regions, when it reaches an incidence of 3 hospitalized per 100 thousand inhabitants. If the incidence falls below this threshold for 5 consecutive days, the rules may be relaxed. The rule does not apply to anyone under the age of 18. If the incidence of inpatients rises to over 6 per 100 thousand inhabitants, a negative test will also be required for those vaccinated and cured to access public places.
The turning point comes after the alarm related to the latest data released by the Robert Koch Institute: 65,371 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the highest figure since the beginning of the pandemic. The country’s 7-day incidence rate also increased, to 336.9, explains the Rki. There are also 264 people who lost their lives on the last day due to complications attributable to the coronavirus.
In one hundred of the 400 administrative districts, only one bed remains free, today denounces the German Interdisciplinary Association of Intensive and Emergency Medicine (Divi). In another 50 districts, many of them in the southern states of Bavaria and Baden Wuerttemberg, there is not even a single vacancy.
There are currently 3,400 adults hospitalized for Covid in intensive care units in Germany. These are numbers below the peak of the second wave (5,700) or the third (5,100). But in the meantime, the number of beds has decreased due to a shortage of staff.
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