(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) 13 German health ministers have mutated viruses in 16 states warned that they should not "unblock" prematurely
China News Agency, Berlin, February 5 (Reporter Peng Dawei) The head of the German disease control agency said on the 5th that 13 of the 16 German states have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus variant strain. Among them, B was first found in the United Kingdom. .1.1.7 The strain accounts for about 6% of the number of newly confirmed cases in Germany.
On the same day, German Health Minister Span warned that "unblocking" should not be rushed.
The German disease control agency Robert Koch Institute announced that the number of newly diagnosed new crown virus infections and new deaths were 12,908 and 855 respectively.
According to real-time data from Germany's "Times Online", as of 21:20 on the 5th local time, a total of 2,277,536 people were diagnosed, 2007,505 were cured, and 61,679 people died in Germany.
As of that day, a total of 2,987,398 doses of new crown vaccine had been vaccinated, of which 2,153,000 people had received the first dose and 834,398 people had received the second dose.
On the evening of January 19, local time, German Chancellor Merkel and the governors of the states announced after a meeting that they would extend Germany's current "closure" measures to February 14 and strengthen the implementation of epidemic prevention measures.
The picture shows the sign for wearing a mask taken in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin that day.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Peng Dawei
The director of the Robert Koch Institute, Willer, and the Minister of Health, Spane, said at a press conference in Berlin that day that the German epidemic "is still a long way from being controlled."
He said that three worrying mutant strains have been diagnosed in Germany, and the spread of the mutant strains must be curbed to avoid more mutations in the new coronavirus.
On the same day, Span called on the German people to continue to adhere to the epidemic prevention regulations, and warned that the current "closure of the city" and other measures should not be lifted prematurely, because although the number of new diagnoses daily has declined, it has not yet fallen to a low enough level. .
February 14 is the deadline set by Germany for this round of nationwide "closed cities".
Talking about whether the upcoming federal government and the states' epidemic prevention policy consultations will extend the "city lockdown" next week, Spann said that the meeting will find out how to "get out of the current stagnation in the right way and at the right speed."
He believes that the first step in "unblocking" should be to try to reopen kindergartens and primary and secondary schools.
Shi Pan emphasized that vaccines will play an important role in the "unblocking" process.
He said that currently, nearly 80% of residents in German nursing homes have received the first dose of the vaccine.
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