(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) More than 380,000 people diagnosed with the Ministry of Health in Germany
China News Agency, Berlin, October 21 (Reporter Peng Dawei) As of the 21st, the cumulative number of people diagnosed with the new crown virus in Germany has reached 383,000.
The spokesperson of the German Federal Ministry of Health confirmed that the minister of the Ministry of Health, Spahn, tested positive for the new crown and has entered home isolation.
It is reported that Shi Pan has only shown symptoms of a cold so far, and the authorities are contacting people who have had contact with him.
Span is the first German minister to be diagnosed since the outbreak.
On the evening of October 13, local time, a Cuban bar on Oranienburg Street where Berlin’s bars and restaurants was concentrated was closed.
The German capital Berlin is becoming one of the most severely rebounding areas of the country's current round of the new crown epidemic.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Peng Dawei
The German CDC announced on the 21st that 7,595 people have been newly diagnosed in the country.
According to real-time data from Germany's "Times Online", as of 17:00 local time on the 21st, Germany has a total of 383,047 confirmed cases, 302088 cured, and 9,995 deaths.
German media quoted Hanno Kautz, the spokesperson of the German Federal Ministry of Health, to confirm the news of Spann's diagnosis.
Span is the first Merkel cabinet minister to be confirmed infected since the outbreak.
Earlier, German Chancellor Merkel and the German President, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister of Economy had been quarantined because of close contact with infected people.
The German "Der Spiegel Online" quoted a federal government spokesperson and reported that although Spann had attended a cabinet meeting with Merkel on the 21st before his diagnosis, Merkel's cabinet did not need to enter quarantine collectively because the meeting was held in compliance with the epidemic prevention requirements. of.
The photos obtained by "Der Spiegel Online" showing that Shi Pan attended the cabinet meeting that day showed that Shi Pan himself was wearing a mask.
Earlier in the day, Span stated on the German TV 2 program that after the country’s worst-hit Bavarian County Berchtesgadenland announced the "city closure", other severely affected areas may also adopt similar measures. Local blockade measures.
However, he emphasized that the nationwide "city closure" during the first wave of the epidemic at the beginning of the year will not recur, but will only introduce epidemic prevention measures "in line with the situation."
The day before, Berlin Mayor Miller announced a number of new regulations to strengthen the city’s epidemic prevention and warned that there was only a “last chance” to avoid a second lockdown.
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