Germany fights new crown pneumonia
China News Agency, Berlin, March 7th (Reporter Peng Dawei) As of 15:00 local time, the number of people diagnosed with new crown pneumonia in Germany has reached 795, an increase of 156 from the previous day. In response to the haze brought by the epidemic to the economy, the governors of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, which has the largest economy and the largest number of diagnoses, have asked the federal government to take emergency aid measures to help the economy.
According to data released by the Robert Koch Institute of the German Federal Institute for Disease Control and Prevention on the same day, a total of 795 people have been diagnosed in Germany and no deaths have been caused by new coronary pneumonia. The top three states with the highest number of diagnoses were North Rhine-Westphalia (373), Bavaria (170), and Bavaria (134). The number of confirmed people in the capital Berlin has increased to 28, and for the first time a police officer has been diagnosed. Eastern Saxony-Anhalt remains the only federal state to date without confirmed cases.
North Rhine-Westphalia, located in western Germany, is the country's largest economy and the most populous state. It is also the state most affected by the outbreak. Almost half of the 795 people diagnosed in Germany are in the state. The state's cases are mostly concentrated in Heinsberg County, where the carnival was held, and more than 200 people have been diagnosed locally. Rashet, the governor of North Rhine-Westphalia, who is vying for the chairman of the ruling CDU, has called for a “burden reduction” policy package for the German economy at the federal level.
He told German media the same day that Germany is in a difficult situation in the global economy. In addition to the new crown pneumonia epidemic, there are many swords of Damocles, so the federal government must help the German economy remain competitive and reduce bureaucratic redundancy. Reform and accelerate planning regulations.
Bavaria is the second largest state in Germany after the North Rhine-Westphalia in terms of total economy and population. The number of confirmed infections this time is third in Germany. The governor of the state, the chairman of the CDU, who jointly participates with the CDU, said that the outbreak cannot trigger a new round of financial crisis. "We don't want the outbreak to bring 'shock' to the German economy." He called on the federal government to take necessary assistance measures, including granting subsidies to employees to reduce working hours and deferring taxes. (Finish)