(Fighting against new crown pneumonia) The epidemic in large German cities continues to tighten, Stuttgart asks for help from the Bundeswehr
China News Agency, Berlin, October 11 (Reporter Peng Dawei) As of the 11th, the number of large cities where the new crown epidemic broke through the German official warning line is still increasing.
Following Berlin, Frankfurt and Cologne, the outbreaks in Stuttgart and Mainz also lit up red lights.
Stuttgart announced on the same day that it had requested support from the Bundeswehr.
The German Federal Agency for Disease Control and Prevention, Robert Koch Institute, announced on the 11th that the number of new diagnoses in the country that day was 3483.
According to real-time data from Germany's "Times Online", as of 16:00 local time on the 11th, Germany had a total of 324,764 confirmed diagnoses, 274787 cured, and 9,775 deaths.
As of the 11th, more and more large cities have broken through the warning line of “50 new diagnoses per 100,000 people on average in the past seven days” used by the German authorities to detect the epidemic.
Real-time data from Times Online shows that as of the evening of the 11th, Bremen, Frankfurt, Cologne, Mainz, Stuttgart and other major cities in Germany have exceeded the above-mentioned warning line.
Munich's indicator is 49.8, which is only one step away from the 50 warning line.
The city government of Stuttgart issued a statement that day, stating that the city has mobilized personnel from all departments of the city and sought support from the Bundeswehr.
According to the consensus reached between Merkel and the mayors of major German cities on the 9th, when the epidemic monitoring index for major German cities exceeds 35, the Robert Koch Institute can be asked to send experts to provide consultations to the local government crisis response team. You can also request the Bundeswehr to send experts to provide advice and participate in coordination.
Almost all federal states in Germany except Berlin have announced that they will require people from high-risk areas with an epidemic index greater than 50 to provide a negative report of the new crown nucleic acid test within 48 hours before they can stay in hotels.
However, the lack of uniform standards in the interpretation and implementation of policies in various states has also aroused criticism and doubts.
For this reason, the Minister of the German Chancellery Braun expressed support for the actions of the states on a German TV program that day.
He said that as long as major cities work hard to control the local epidemic index within 50, there will be no problems traveling within Germany.
Braun emphasized that the goal of the German government is to keep the country's economy running continuously while keeping schools and kindergartens open so that the country can better weather the crisis brought about by the epidemic.
The next week will be a critical period for determining the direction of Germany's epidemic prevention policy. According to the consensus reached by Merkel and the mayors of major cities on the 9th, if the new epidemic prevention regulations for major cities announced on the 9th are implemented 10 days later, the number of newly diagnosed cases in the relevant cities has not stopped rising, and will have to be changed Many targeted restrictive measures to further reduce people's social contacts. (Finish)