(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Germany's diagnosis exceeds 220,000, Bavaria delays 900 positive cases, raising concerns
China News Agency, Berlin, August 13 (Reporter Peng Dawei) As of the 12th local time, the cumulative number of people diagnosed with the new crown virus in Germany has exceeded 220,000. In the evening, the Bavarian State Health Department admitted that the report of the new crown test results of 44,000 passengers returning to the state from abroad was delayed, and 900 of them were positive. The authorities are currently contacting these people who have tested positive. The Governor of Bavaria, Zeder, said that this error is very angry and that the entire epidemic prevention system must be investigated immediately.
According to the German "Times Online" report, as of 21:28 on the 12th local time, a total of 220,727 people have been diagnosed, 19,789 people have been cured, and 9,369 people have died in Germany.
Data map: On July 5, the flea market in Berlin Wall Park, which was closed for nearly 4 months due to the epidemic, reopened. Photo by China News Agency reporter Peng Dawei
Starting this month, Germany has begun to implement mandatory COVID-19 testing on passengers returning from overseas high-risk areas. The aforementioned large-scale late reporting incident occurred in Bavaria, southern Germany, which was the first to carry out free testing for all citizens on July 1. The state’s health minister, Melanie Hummer, said at a press conference that night that 44,000 of the 85,000 test results were not reported in time, and 900 of them were positive. The reason for this problem is that a large amount of data must be manually entered, and the number of detections has increased sharply.
Melanie Hummer emphasized that she was not aware of the scale of delays in reporting test results. She said that a private agency has taken over the state's testing work and changed to digitally generate test results. It is reported that all those who test positive will be notified by noon on the 13th at the latest. In the future, the state's new crown test will give results within 24-48 hours.
German media expressed concern about the consequences of this late report accident in Bavaria. "Süddeutsche Zeitung" pointed out that many confirmed patients may have been outside for several days.
Zede commented on the incident on social media on the same day, saying that the problems in the testing center must be resolved immediately and to ensure that it does not happen again. The opposition party in the state strongly criticized the state government. Hartman, chairman of the Green Party caucus of the state legislature, said the incident was "a shocking mistake committed by the government." Hagen, chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party’s caucus, criticized Zede’s “self-proclaimed role in fighting the epidemic” for increasingly untenable. (Finish)