The Robert Koch Institute also counts 66,884 new infections and 335 deaths in the last 24 hours
Coronavirus infections per 100,000 inhabitants in two weeks exceeded the 754 cases level for the first time this Wednesday in Germany. They are already 17 days followed by successive daily records. There are districts in this country, especially in the regions of Bavaria, Saxony and Thuringia, where the incidence rate has skyrocketed above 1,000 cases.
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI), responsible for coordinating the fight against the coronavirus in Germany, also highlighted the record of 66,884 new infections in the last 24 hours – almost 5.5 million inhabitants have been infected since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of deaths increased in the last day by 335 people to a total of 99,768, added the RKI.
On this day, the measures adopted last week to suppress the spread of the virus at the meeting held by the acting federal chancellor, Angela Merkel, and the prime ministers of the 16 federal states came into force. Among other restrictions, from this Wednesday it is necessary to have a vaccination or cure certificate or a negative coronavirus test for the use of public transport throughout the country. Specific controls will be carried out by inspectors accompanied in many cases by police officers who may apply severe fines.
Towards mandatory vaccination
The most severe restrictions are now in force in the Länder most affected by the epidemic. As in other countries, in Germany these measures will also bring about the social marginalization of the unvaccinated. In many districts and regions, you will only be able to access many closed premises, from shops with non-essential items to bars and restaurants, if you have been vaccinated or have been cured of the disease. In some States, a recent negative test is additionally required.
Given the critical situation in many of its hospitals, in Bavaria a good number of patients infected with the coronavirus and admitted to intensive care units are being transferred to other federal states with greater capacities and that have not yet been overwhelmed by the growing number of patients in serious condition, as announced by the German Interdisciplinary Association of Intensive and Emergency Medicine (DIVI). Thuringia, Saxony, Brandenburg and Berlin have also activated that emergency operation.
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The German Ethical Council seems willing to renounce its rejection of the dictation of a mandatory general vaccination, while the voices that demand this measure increase to force the 12 million adults who refuse to be immunized to do so. “We have not discussed the issue yet, but there are signs of change” given the fact that “the numbers of infected increase and it is not possible to control this acute crisis situation.”
Among those who demand the introduction of mandatory vaccination are several regional prime ministers, such as those of Saxony or Hesse, who consider that, although the measure would come late to stop the fourth wave of coronavirus that the country suffers, it would serve to avoid a fifth or sixth wave. The director of the Robert Koch Institute, Lothar Wieler, warned a few days ago that “if the reduction of contacts and vaccination are not intensively successful” the country would effectively enter a “fifth wave.” However, although he insisted that “the vaccine is the way out of the pandemic,” he pointed out that “other measures cannot be completely neglected for this reason.
Merkel met Tuesday night with the leaders of the three parties that have negotiated the new government coalition – Social Democrats (SPD), Greens and Liberals (FDP) – to address the fight against the pandemic through the Executive that will put an end to his status as acting chancellor. The three formations were in those hours about to conclude the talks for an agreement, which they announced already this Wednesday afternoon. The transfer of government will be carried out in such a way that matters such as the sanitary sector do not see any decision-making process interrupted or the implementation of measures already approved.
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