She confirmed that the vaccine is essential for the return to normal life
Merkel: The Corona pandemic will likely worsen in the coming months
Merkel expected that the impact of Corona will be stronger in the next fall and winter. Archives
German Chancellor Angela Merkel prepared her citizens that the Corona pandemic could have a stronger impact on daily life again in the coming fall and winter.
"We have to expect that some things will be more difficult in the next few months than they are now in the summer," Merkel said yesterday, during her summer press conference in Berlin.
The German Chancellor added that the Corona virus pandemic will likely worsen in the coming months, adding that life will not return to normal until a vaccine is devised to combat it.
Merkel indicated that everyone enjoyed freedom and relative protection from aerosols that can transmit the virus in the summer, thanks to the presence in the open air. She said: "In the next few months, it will be important now to keep the infection numbers low when we go back to closed spaces again, in workplaces, schools and apartments."
She said that her government is dealing with the pandemic in a spirit of social cohesion, and she urged citizens not to abandon caution in the face of the virus.
She added during the press conference, "It is a dangerous matter, the most dangerous, and you have to deal with it seriously."
She indicated that the European Commission is now working on concluding more contracts with pharmaceutical companies to secure "Covid-19" vaccines.
While many of the vaccines under development around the world have not passed Phase III trials, the European Commission granted the British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca an advance payment of 336 million euros ($ 400 million) to provide at least 300 million doses of its potential Covid-19 vaccine. 19 ».
"More contracts of this kind are being concluded," Merkel said.
Merkel said: «We will have to live with this virus for a longer period, and this is the reason why my basic position is to be alert and attentive, especially now that the number of infections has increased during the past weeks. The fact remains that the matter is dangerous and serious, and you must continue to deal with it seriously.