China News Agency, Berlin, August 5 (Reporter Peng Dawei) As of the 4th local time, the number of new coronavirus infections in Germany in the past seven days has exceeded 5,000. Susan Johanna, chairman of the German Doctors’ Union (Marburger Bund), said on the same day that Germany is already in the middle of a second wave of outbreaks of a lesser degree. She urged the public to continue to comply with the epidemic prevention requirements, keep interpersonal distance, wash hands frequently, wear masks, and strive to slow the spread of the virus before the emergence of special drugs.
According to the German "Times Online" report, as of 21:19 local time on the 4th, a total of 212,249 confirmed cases, 19,999 cured, and 9,319 died in Germany. In the past seven days, Germany has accumulatively added 5152 confirmed cases, which is back to the level of mid-May based on the number of new confirmed cases per 100,000 people.
In response to the development of the German epidemic situation, Susan Johanna made the above statement to the "Augsburg Report" that day.
On the afternoon of July 31, Tegel Airport, the busiest in Berlin, Germany before the new crown epidemic, is now in the cold. Photo by China News Agency reporter Peng Dawei
She pointed out that although the scale of the second wave of epidemics in Germany will not be the same as the first wave of epidemics in March-April this year, the current number of new diagnoses is also rising again. Therefore, the anti-epidemic results are in danger of being wiped out.
"All of us are eager to return to normal, but we are in a state that is far from abnormal." Susan Johanna said that as long as a specific drug for the new coronary pneumonia is not yet available, people must take action to slow the spread of the virus. Including maintaining interpersonal distance, washing hands frequently, wearing masks daily, and quarantining places where local epidemics have broken out.
She especially refuted the current thinking of some people in Germany that "the new crown virus is not fatal": "Many people in Germany have died from the new crown virus, and thousands of people die from the virus every day worldwide. Many people (Even after it is cured) there will still be long-term sequelae, and their daily life will be restricted because their lungs or kidneys can no longer function properly."
"Young patients also face this risk." Susan Johanna urged the public to take the epidemic seriously and strengthen protection. (Finish)