Coronavirus: "The German regional system has been a real plus in managing the epidemic"

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From left to right: Lothar Wieler, President of the Robert-Koch Institute, Jens Spahn, German Minister of Health, and Angela Merkel, German Chancellor, March 11, 2020. Michele Tantussi / Reuters

By: Florent Guignard

With 135,000 cases identified and around 4,000 deaths, the pandemic is "under control and manageable", judged the German authorities, who therefore authorized the reopening on Monday morning of stores with an area of ​​less than 800 m2. Deciphering the German method with RFI mid-day guest Hans Stark, adviser for Franco-German relations at Ifri and professor of German civilization at the Sorbonne.

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"  Germany fared better from this [than other countries], because it has very high hospital coverage, because it took it very seriously, and very early - the first tests were takes place in late January - the threat of coronavirus.  "

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