(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The cumulative number of confirmed diagnoses in Germany exceeds 2.3 million. The government plans to purchase an additional 6.2 billion euros for vaccines
China News Agency, Berlin, February 9 (Reporter Peng Dawei) As of the 9th local time, the cumulative number of people diagnosed with the new crown virus in Germany has exceeded 2.3 million.
German media reported on the same day that the German federal government plans to allocate an additional 6.2 billion euros for the purchase of new crown vaccines, so that the purchase of vaccines this year will reach 635.1 million doses.
The picture shows a runner passing by the German Chancellery in Berlin.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Peng Dawei
The German disease control agency announced on the 9th that the number of newly diagnosed new crown virus infections and the new death toll were 3379 and 481 respectively.
According to the real-time data of Germany's "Times Online", as of 22:00 that night, Germany had a total of 2,303,197 confirmed cases, 2,056,950 people cured, and 63,302 deaths.
According to data from the German Ministry of Health, as of that day, Germany had received 3,364,433 doses of vaccine, of which 2,434,802 had received the first dose and 1,024,631 had received the second dose.
Since the start of vaccination at the end of last year, the German federal government is remedying the problem of delayed vaccination schedule due to insufficient supply.
Deutsche Television One reported on the same day that the German Ministry of Finance sent a letter to the Bundestag Budget Committee that the Federal Government hopes to allocate an additional 6.2 billion euros to purchase more vaccines through EU channels.
The German Ministry of Health hopes that this approach will increase the country's total vaccine purchases this year to 635.1 million doses.
Currently, this plan needs to be approved by the Bundestag Budget Committee.
On the 10th of this month, German Chancellor Merkel will hold talks with state governors to discuss the next step of the epidemic prevention policy.
In response to the much-anticipated "unblocking" timetable, Times Online quoted a report that it obtained on the same day as a draft resolution issued by the German Chancellery to the states, saying that it was out of concerns about the current virus mutation, even though many places in Germany The number of newly diagnosed cases has dropped, and the German Federal Government still hopes to extend the current nationwide "city lockdown" for at least two weeks, that is, from February 14 to March.
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