(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Germany has nearly 100,000 people diagnosed and has evacuated 200,000 overseas Chinese
China News Agency, Berlin, April 4 (Reporter Peng Dawei) Although the strict travel and interpersonal contact ban has been implemented for nearly two weeks, the severity of the German epidemic has not been alleviated. As of the evening of the 4th, the number of people diagnosed in Germany has exceeded 95,000. German Foreign Minister Maas said that the German government had withdrawn 200,000 Germans from overseas in the past 20 days.
According to the German "Daily Mirror" report, as of the evening of the 4th, 95,648 people were diagnosed, 26,400 were cured, and 1,428 were killed. Among them, during April 1-3, the number of newly diagnosed people is more than six thousand per day.
It was Saturday on the 4th and the weather in Germany was fine. China News Agency reporters saw many parks and green areas in the center of Berlin that day, a large number of citizens went out to enjoy the sun, but people generally followed the 1.5 meters interpersonal contact distance and no more than two people's epidemic prevention regulations formulated by the authorities.
In response to the spread of the epidemic worldwide, Germany has implemented a large-scale evacuation operation since mid-March. German Foreign Minister Maas announced on the same day that in the past 20 days, the German Federal Government had withdrawn 200,000 stranded Germans from overseas.
German television station quoted the information provided by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs as saying that the evacuation operation involved 57 countries that have interrupted normalized flights with Germany, and was implemented by the German government in cooperation with travel agencies and airlines. At the peak of the evacuation operation, there were 20 simultaneous flights every day for evacuation. In addition to coordinating flights by travel agencies and airlines, the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs also rented charters for evacuation. When there are surplus seats for the evacuation flight, the German side also provides it to other EU member states for evacuation.
According to reports, up to now there are still about 40,000 Germans stranded in New Zealand, South Africa, Peru and other countries, of which New Zealand has the most, with more than 10,000 stranded.
Mas urged Germans still stranded overseas to be patient and promptly seek help from the German embassy or consulate in the country. He said that the German government is continuing its efforts and will try to find a solution for passengers who have not yet returned to Germany. (Finish)