Germany is currently going through a resurgence of the Covid-19 epidemic with an explosion of cases.

Some hospitals across the Rhine are now obliged to sort the patients they have to intubate.

The government has thus decided to close, from Wednesday morning, schools and businesses deemed non-essential until January 10, at a minimum.

France is often singled out for its management of the health crisis due to the coronavirus.

But beyond our borders, the traditional good students also struggle.

This is particularly the case with our German neighbors.

The country is forced to give a new turn of the screw: since Wednesday morning, schools and non-essential businesses are closed, until January 10 at least.

In some areas there is also a nighttime curfew. 

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It must be said that the figures for the epidemic are catastrophic across the Rhine: more than 27,000 new cases and 952 deaths in 24 hours.

All signals are red and hospitals are under tension, especially in intensive care units.

At the last score, Wednesday morning, 80% of the 30,000 intensive care beds were occupied.

Several hospitals had initially sent their patients to other cities.

But they have started to sort it out: the services must refuse to intubate certain patients, often the oldest, to give priority to others. 

A situation "out of control" in eastern Germany

The situation is even "out of control" in the east of the country, according to health authorities.

The incidence rate per 100,000 inhabitants continues to increase.

There are more than 600 in Bautzen and 700 in Görlitz, two towns located in Saxony.

At issue: the failure of the restrictive measures taken in November.

They were supposed to protect the most vulnerable people, but the virus mainly hits retirement homes.

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These measures were perhaps not strict enough or not well enough enforced.

But one thing is certain: they came too late, because of the resistance of a few Länder, which are today the most affected by the epidemic.

The new turn of the screw seems well understood by the population: 81% of Germans felt, last week, that the rules should be tightened.