(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) One-third of the German New Coronary Victims come from nursing homes. More than half of the federal states have issued mask injunctions.
China News Agency, Berlin, April 21 (Reporter Peng Dawei) According to data released by the German Federal Disease Control Agency Robert Koch Institute on the 21st, of the approximately 4,600 deaths due to new coronary pneumonia in Germany, the average One person is a resident of a nursing facility such as a nursing home. With the start of the German "unblocking" process, including the capital Berlin, 10 of Germany's 16 federal states have issued regulations requiring people to wear masks.
According to the data provided to the North German Broadcasting Company by the Robert Koch Institute on the same day, at least 1,491 residents died of new coronary pneumonia in nursing homes and other nursing institutions in Germany. This number is equivalent to one-third of the cumulative number of new crown deaths in Germany. Data from the Robert Koch Institute also show that the death rate of new coronary pneumonia in residents of nursing homes in Germany is 17%.
From April 20th, German states began to "unblock" the previously imposed social and commercial bans. In order to avoid the rebound of immunity after "unblocking", German states that had previously not advocated wearing masks for healthy people have issued "mask injunctions" one after another. As of the evening of the 21st, all ten states except the North Rhine-Westphalia, Saarland, Leifa, Lower Saxony, Brandenburg and Bremen six states have passed relevant regulations.
Because the federal system gives states the power to formulate rules for implementing epidemic prevention measures, the start time and implementation intensity of mandatory masks vary from state to state. Taking Berlin as an example, the city government requires the public to wear masks when taking public transportation from April 27. However, unlike most other states, they must also wear masks when shopping, and only "strongly recommend" wearing masks for shopping. In practice, most of the German federal states that have issued mandatory orders encourage people to wear self-made masks, and also allow the use of scarves or other fabrics to cover the nose and mouth.
Affected by the epidemic, the biggest German folk festival, Oktoberfest, which was scheduled to open in September, was announced on the 21st that it will be closed this year. However, the Frankfurt Book Fair, the world's largest book fair to be held in October, said on the same day that from the current situation, the book fair will still be held as scheduled. (Finish)