(Fighting new crown pneumonia) Germany's single-day new crown death toll hits a new high
China News Agency, Berlin, December 9th (Reporter Peng Dawei) The German disease control agency announced on the 9th that the number of new deaths from new coronary disease in a single day reached 590, which is a new high since the outbreak in the country.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on the states to upgrade the current "cities lockdown" and adopt measures such as closing shops and closing schools after Christmas.
The German disease control department announced that the number of new confirmed cases was 20,815.
According to the real-time data of Germany's "Times Online", as of 18:00 on the 9th local time, Germany had a total of 1,234,817 confirmed cases, 901,784 cured, and 20,531 deaths.
Data map: On May 18, the opening ceremony of the Seventy-third World Health Assembly was held in the form of a video conference.
The picture shows the remote speech by German Chancellor Merkel taken in Berlin, Germany.
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Merkel made the above remarks in the general debate of the German Bundestag that day.
As the domestic epidemic situation in Germany continues to tighten, and all sectors of society and states are still at odds about whether to upgrade the "city closure", Merkel appeared very excited many times in her speech that day.
At least the "closure of the city" that will last until January 10 next year will cause Christmas, the most important holiday in Germany, to become deserted. Merkel said emotionally: "I'm sorry, I feel sorry from the bottom of my heart. But If we have to pay the price of 590 lives per day for this, it is unacceptable in my opinion."
Regarding the controversy over whether the school was closed, Merkel asked, scientists have advised people to minimize interpersonal contact in the week before the Christmas reunion with the elderly at home. Can't do it for school holidays?"
Data map: Two women wearing masks pass by the bridge next to the German Reichstag.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Peng Dawei
"If we had too much personal contact on Christmas Eve, and finally this Christmas was the last Christmas we spent with our grandparents, then we made a mistake. We shouldn't let this happen." Merck Er said.
German media reported that several German federal states led by Merkel’s CDU intends to promote an additional meeting this Sunday (December 13), where the federal government and the states will discuss measures to upgrade the “city closure”. The details.
However, because Merkel is about to leave for Brussels to attend the EU summit on the 10th, this schedule has not yet been confirmed by the German Federal Government.
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