(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Merkel once again urges the public to strictly observe the epidemic prevention regulations, the German health minister considers canceling next year's carnival
China News Agency, Berlin, August 18 (Reporter Peng Dawei) In the context of the continuous rebound of the domestic epidemic, German Chancellor Angela Merkel once again called on the public on the 18th to abide by the epidemic prevention regulations including wearing masks and maintaining interpersonal distance. She also welcomed the practice of fines imposed by many states of the country on people who refused to wear masks on public transportation. According to German media reports, German Health Minister Span is considering canceling next year's carnival.
The German Federal Agency for Disease Control and Prevention, the Robert Koch Institute, announced the number of newly confirmed cases of new coronavirus infection at 1390 local time on the morning of the 18th. As of the early morning of the same day, a total of 225,404 people were confirmed and 9,236 people died. In addition, according to the real-time data of Germany's "Times Online" as of 19:54 on the 18th local time, Germany has a total of 226,892 confirmed cases, 202,939 cured, and 9,392 deaths.
Merkel made the above remarks during a visit to Dusseldorf, the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany. She called on travelers returning to Germany from high-risk areas to consciously undergo COVID-19 testing and comply with quarantine regulations. She also emphasized that the current priority is to continue to maintain interpersonal distance and wear masks in places such as public transportation.
Merkel said that the number of new confirmed cases in Germany has doubled in the past three weeks, and the epidemic should not continue to move forward and must be contained. She said that the country is still in the COVID-19 pandemic. More travel and more contact have brought about an increase in new cases. Therefore, it must continue to comply with epidemic prevention regulations; the German government’s priority goal is to ensure economic life. Continue, while resuming classes in primary and secondary schools and kindergartens.
The "Rhine Post" reported that day that the German Federal Minister of Health, Spane, said in a conference call that he himself came from a region with a strong carnival culture and understood the importance of carnival to millions of Germans. But he can't imagine that in the coming winter, people will hold a carnival under the epidemic. "This is painful, but that's how it is." (End)