Germany .. jumps from a balcony to escape the punishment for violating Corona rules

A young man was seriously injured after falling from a balcony on the fourth floor in a town in western Germany while trying to escape a penalty related to violating anti-Corona rules.

The German police said today, that the 22-year-old was among a group of four young men who met in an apartment in Weiboort, North Rhine-Westphalia, last Friday evening to celebrate together, which violates the anti-pandemic rules that prohibit individuals from more than two different homes. .

After a neighbor called the police, two young men hid in the balcony when the policemen rang the bell.

While the policemen were talking to the two remaining men in the apartment, the 22-year-old fell - most likely while trying to sneak onto a nearby balcony.

The young man was seriously injured and taken to hospital.

And Germany had announced two days ago that it had studied tightening the curfew, and a curfew in all regions with an increase in Coronavirus cases.

The German Chancellor Angela Merkel made it clear that the decision to close will include schools and nurseries, noting the possibility of Parliament approving a new law that allows the federal government to make a decision to close without referring to the states.

The German Robert Koch Institute for Infectious and Non-communicable Diseases announced this morning that the number of new infections with the new Coronavirus that were recorded during the past twenty-four hours reached 8 thousand and 497 cases, based on data from local health departments.

The institute recorded 50 new deaths from the virus within 24 hours, compared to 43 new deaths last Monday.

Within seven days, the prevalence of the disease per 100,000 people continued to rise today, to 128 (127 cases yesterday).

The highest rate was recorded on December 22, with 197.6 injuries.

According to the institute's data, this brings the total number of confirmed cases of the virus in the country to two million 893 thousand and 883 cases.

The total deaths due to infection with the virus reached 77 thousand and 13 cases.

The number of people recovered reached two million and 581 thousand and 500 people.