(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Germany added nearly 5,000 confirmed cases in a week, the president called on citizens to take responsibility to avoid a second "closed city"

  China News Agency, Berlin, August 3 (Reporter Peng Dawei) As of the 3rd, the number of newly diagnosed new coronavirus infections in Germany in the past seven days has increased to 4,839, a significant rebound from the same period last month. German President Steinmeier said on the same day that all German citizens shoulder the responsibility of preventing the country from adopting a "closed city" again. He warned that if social life ceases again, it will have a much greater impact on people than earlier.

  According to a report from Germany's "Times Online", as of 20:26 on the 3rd local time, a total of 211,675 confirmed cases, 193,483 cured, and 9,319 died in Germany. In the past seven days, a total of 4839 newly confirmed cases were confirmed. Compared with July 2nd, in the week as of that time, Germany had a total of 3.6 newly diagnosed cases per 100,000 people; this number had risen sharply to 5.8 by August 2nd.

  Cluster infections have recently occurred in many parts of Germany. On August 1, tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Berlin, the German capital, to oppose the current epidemic prevention measures. Because many demonstrators failed to comply with the epidemic prevention requirements of maintaining interpersonal distance and wearing masks, the German Federal Government strongly criticized this.

  In response to the current rebound of the epidemic, German Federal President Steinmeier issued a video speech on the 3rd and pointed out that the initial results achieved by Germany in the fight against the epidemic should not be taken lightly.

  Steinmeier said that although not all destinations have been opened, people can already travel again this summer, and they can also go to the suburbs to get close to nature. Cafes and restaurants are also open again. All of this will be almost from March to April this year. It is unthinkable. He emphasized that it is precisely because the Germans have jointly complied with the epidemic prevention requirements, keeping interpersonal distance, washing hands frequently, wearing masks, and caring for vulnerable groups that make this possible.

  Steinmeier reminded the people that the new crown pandemic is not over and we are still in it. The number of newly diagnosed people in Germany has rebounded again: "The irresponsibility of a small group of people is a risk for all of us! "

  He said that if people cannot maintain a high level of vigilance now, it will threaten the health of many compatriots, and will also endanger the recovery of social, economic and cultural life.

  Steinmeier called on citizens to continue to be highly vigilant-whether in their free time, at work, during a holiday or on the way back from a foreign country. "All of us want to return to normal, but recklessness, carelessness and ignorance cannot bring us back to normal." (End)