China News Agency, Berlin, October 2 (Reporter Peng Dawei) As the epidemic in Europe continues to rebound, the German Federal Government announced on the 1st that the country's disease control department has added Belgium and Iceland to the list of high-risk areas. .
The polls released on the same day showed that most Germans support the government's recent decision to tighten epidemic prevention measures.
The German Federal Agency for Disease Control and Prevention, the Robert Koch Institute, announced that the number of new confirmed cases within 24 hours was 2,503, which was the highest since April this year.
Real-time data from Germany's "Times Online" showed that as of 21:00 local time on the 1st, Germany had a total of 293,686 confirmed infections of the new crown virus, 257,826 cured, and 9,656 deaths.
In the past seven days (September 24-September 30), 14,304 cases were newly diagnosed.
The latest travel warning information published on the official website of the German Federal Government on the same day showed that the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs has listed Belgium, the entire territory of Iceland, and Wales and Northern Ireland as high-risk areas.
In addition, the Loire region and Burgundy region of France, Ireland, Estonia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania and other countries have also been added as high-risk regions.
From October 1st, the German government will no longer issue travel warnings for countries and regions outside Europe on a “one size fits all” basis. Instead, it will resume issuing separate travel and safety tips for different countries and regions around the world.
The German Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the travel warning still means calling on people to avoid traveling to high-risk areas defined by the German government for non-essential purposes such as tourism.
The authoritative German poll "German Trends" published on the same day showed that 85% of the respondents believed that the Federal Government and the states previously announced that the size of private gatherings should be limited to 50 people is correct; 63% of the respondents believe that Munich Other places have announced that it is correct to require masks to be worn in open spaces such as streets and squares.
In addition, most Germans support the adoption of unified national epidemic prevention measures.
78% of respondents believe that states should fight the epidemic more in a unified way.
At the same time, 54% of the respondents believe that the response to the epidemic requires everyone to fulfill their own responsibilities, rather than relying on the implementation of strict regulations, and 43% hold the opposite view.
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