Coronavirus: Pandemic sweeps Germany – Tragic milestone of 100,000 deaths overcome

THE Germany today Thursday surpassed the tragic milestone of 100,000 deaths because of the coronavirus.

According to data Announced daily by the country’s federal epidemiological surveillance agency, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), another 351 patients have died in the past 24 hours due to complications of COVID-19, with all deaths reaching 100.119.

At the same time they were confirmed 75,961 cases of SARS-CoV-2, an unprecedented number, which breaks the record of the previous one (66,884), with the total number of registered infections now reaching 8,573,756. In the larger European economy, there are growing fears that hospitals are threatened with saturation.

The resurgence of the pandemic puts him in a difficult position before he even takes office. the new governing coalition, who will take the helm of the country in December.

Hospitals in some states are already facing “Acute congestion”Gernot Marx, president of the German Federation of Intensive Care, warned on Monday that it was necessary to transport patients elsewhere.

The seven-day incidence index reached 419.7 cases, a level that is also unprecedented. In many areas, they have returned to strictly restrictive measures to stop the so-called fourth wave of the pandemic, the most severe of its occurrence in the country.

About it 69% of the population of Germany has been fully vaccinated, rate significantly lower than in other European countries, such as France (75%).

“The situation is serious,” he admitted on Wednesday Olaf Solts, the Social Democrat who will take over as the new chancellor, leader of a coalition with the Greens and the liberals of the FDP. He promised to “do everything” to deal with the health crisis.

Germany – Coronavirus: New government rejects lockdown

The new governing coalition, however, seems to reject, at least directly, the idea of ​​a national lockdown, to prefer the expansion of its use sanitary pass, especially in transport, and enforcement restrictions on the unvaccinated, for example in terms of their access to places that welcome the public, broadcasts AMPE.

Germany must “study” the possibility “Extension” of compulsory vaccination, which is already in force in the military and will soon be mandatory for health professionals, according to Mr Solts. One billion euros will also be released for medical and nursing staff.

The outgoing government under Angela Merkel yesterday, until April 2022, extended state aid to companies affected by closures or reduction of their turnover, as well as the subsidy of part-time work, or part-time unemployment.

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