(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Germany's single-day new record since May, a new high authority agency expects to be vaccinated in early 2021

  China News Agency, Berlin, August 19 (Reporter Peng Dawei) The German disease control agency announced on the 19th that the country has newly confirmed 1,510 cases of new coronavirus infection, which is the country's highest since May 2 this year. Zichuteke, director of the Paul Ehrlich Institute, the German Federal Vaccine Regulatory Agency, said on the same day that it is expected that the country's first population will be vaccinated with the new crown vaccine in early 2021.

  The epidemic data released by the German Federal Agency for Disease Control and Prevention Robert Koch Institute on the morning of the 19th local time showed that there were 1510 newly diagnosed cases in Germany that day, with a total of 226,914 confirmed cases and 9,243 deaths. According to a report by the German mainstream media "Times Online", real-time data as of 20 o'clock on the 19th local time showed that Germany has confirmed a total of 228,403 cases and cured 203843 cases.

  According to data from the Robert Koch Institute, travelers returning to Germany from abroad account for an increasing proportion of newly confirmed cases. In the past week, this group has accounted for 40% of newly confirmed cases, which has doubled from two weeks ago. However, since August, Germany has intensified the inspection of returning passengers from overseas, which is also considered to be one of the reasons for the above phenomenon.

  In April this year, the Paul Ehrlich Institute, the German Federal Vaccine Regulatory Agency, approved the country's first clinical trial of a new coronavirus vaccine. The director of the institute, Ziqiutek, told German media on the 19th of this month that if the effectiveness and safety data of the third phase of the new crown vaccine trial conducted in Germany are verified, the vaccine is expected to be approved early next year with conditions. Listed. He also emphasized that despite the tight time limit, the inspection standards for vaccine approval cannot be rash or biased.

  The German Social Democratic Party politician and health expert Lauterbach believes that it will not be possible to produce enough vaccines for all Germans until 2022. He reminded that although a safe and fully tested vaccine may be available early next year, "but for the public, the important thing is when it can be vaccinated." (End)