(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The number of deaths from the new crown in Germany tripled in December, the Minister of Health said it was necessary to extend the "closure"
China News Agency, Berlin, January 2 (Reporter Peng Dawei) German media quoted data from the country’s disease control agency on the 2nd, showing that the number of people who died of the new crown virus in Germany from December 2 last year to January 1 this year was 16,718. About three times as much as last November.
German Health Minister Span said on the same day that considering that the number of new diagnoses per day is still very high, the current "closure" measures must be extended to after January 10.
The German disease control agency announced on the 2nd that the number of new confirmed cases was 12,690.
According to the real-time data of Germany's "Times Online", as of 21:00 local time on the 2nd, Germany had a total of 1,770,439 confirmed diagnoses, 1,367,999 cured, and 34,744 dead.
German media reported the above news by citing data released by the disease control agency that day.
Germany's total number of deaths due to the new crown virus in 2020 reached 33,071, of which more than half occurred in December last year.
On the 5th of this month, German Chancellor Merkel will discuss with the governors of each state whether to extend the "cities lockdown" measures that will expire on January 10.
The German Federal Minister of Health Spun said in an interview with RTL TV that day that considering the current high number of newly diagnosed cases, it is necessary to extend the "closure" measures.
He said that the current number of ICU beds occupied by COVID-19 patients in German hospitals has hit the highest value since the epidemic. Therefore, the number of newly diagnosed patients must be reduced and stabilized at a low level for a long time.
"It's better to "unblock" it too soon, and then you may face difficulties again in a few weeks."
It is worth noting that although the first vaccine approved by the European Union was developed by the German company BioNTech, the German vaccination schedule has been lagging due to the inability of states to obtain sufficient quantities of vaccines in time.
Some politicians criticized the federal government for failing to take a more radical approach and pre-order more vaccines last summer.
Germany officially started vaccination on the morning of December 27, 2020.
According to data from the German CDC, as of the morning of January 2 this year, local time, 188,553 people have been vaccinated across Germany.
Considering that the previously planned vaccination rate in Berlin alone was an average of 20,000 people per day, this number is obviously far behind the expected schedule.
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