(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Germany implements "elastic unblocking": the ball game restarts and the business restarts, if it rebounds, it can be "re-sealed"

　　China News Agency, Berlin, May 6 (Reporter Peng Dawei) German Chancellor Angela Merkel reached a resolution after discussing with the governors of the states on the 6th that all types of shops regardless of size will be allowed to reopen. The Bundesliga will also resume this month. But the "mask injunction" will continue to be effective, and the interpersonal contact ban will continue to be implemented until June 5. On the same day, they also agreed to establish an emergency mechanism. If a county or city has more than 50 new diagnoses within seven consecutive days after the “unblocking” (calculated on average per 100,000 people), a series of “closing the city” measures will be implemented again to contain spread of virus.

On May 4, local time, the German Federal Minister of Health Shi Pan said that through cooperation with Roche Pharmaceuticals, the country will be able to carry out 3 million antibody tests this month. He stated that this will provide key information for mastering the development of the epidemic. The picture shows the Bavarian governor Soder who attended the antibody test press conference with Span on the same day. China News Service distributes photos for Roche Pharmaceuticals

　　According to the German "Times Online" report, as of 21:11 on the 6th local time, a total of 167675 people were diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia, 132374 were cured, and 7324 died. Among them, the number of newly diagnosed has been kept below one thousand for several days.

　　Merkel discussed the issue of "unblocking" with the governors of 16 states in the form of a remote meeting on that day and reached the aforementioned resolution. Commenting on the current status of German epidemic prevention, she said: "We can say today that we have passed the first phase of the pandemic, but we must always realize that the fight against the virus will continue for a long time.

　　The resolution pointed out that, under the conditions of meeting the sanitation and epidemic prevention regulations, the states can open all commercial stores, regardless of their size. Sports activities held outdoors will be restarted and the Bundesliga will be allowed to rematch in late May. The state ministers of culture will work out plans to reopen theaters, concert halls and cinemas.

　　On the issue of recurring classes that have received much attention, the states will gradually expand the grades of resumption of primary and secondary schools. The goal is to enable all students to return to school before the summer vacation. The kindergarten will also expand the scope of "emergency trusteeship" so that children in large classes have the opportunity to return to the kindergarten before the summer vacation. The catering industry and hotel resort industry, which were severely affected by the epidemic, will also be gradually opened after meeting the requirements of epidemic prevention after the coordination of the economic ministers of the states.

　　The emergency mechanism introduced this time provides a means for German governments at all levels to respond to a possible rebound in the epidemic. According to the resolution, if it is a local infection event with obvious spread, such as public facilities, the scope of isolation should be limited to the outbreak facility; and if there is a regional outbreak with an unknown infection chain, it must be taken The general blockade measures implemented before April 20 have blocked the entire region.

　　It is worth noting that, since several states announced their own "unblocking" measures before the 6th meeting, the text of the resolution of the day used the expression "states will be responsible for themselves" in many places.

　　Merkel said that Germany is not only opening the way to further "unblocking", but also holding an "emergency mechanism" in its hands. In this way, if the epidemic rebounds in some areas, the country will not be blocked again, but only a single The region took measures, "Overall, I think this is a balanced resolution."

　　Merkel said on the same day that she and the state governors will again discuss the follow-up "unblocking" arrangements before the beginning of June. (Finish)