(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The number of new diagnoses in a single day in Germany hits the new high in the past two months
China News Agency, Berlin, March 18 (Reporter Peng Dawei) On the 18th, the number of newly diagnosed new crown virus in Germany reached 17,504, a record high in the past two months.
In view of the continuous rebound of the epidemic, Berlin, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse and other states have announced the temporary suspension of the promotion of the "unblocking" road map previously negotiated by the Federation and the states, and Bavaria has begun to require masks to be worn in primary schools.
The German disease control agency announced that the number of new confirmed cases and deaths were 17,504 and 227 respectively.
German media pointed out that the former is the highest value since January 22 this year.
According to real-time data from Germany's "Times Online", as of 19:40 on the 18th local time, Germany had a total of 2,623,780 confirmed diagnoses, 2,392,312 cured, and 74,862 deaths.
As of that day, Germany had received 10067955 doses of vaccine, and a total of 3097094 people received the second dose.
On the 18th, many states have announced that they will suspend the implementation of the five-step "unblocking" road map adopted by the federal government earlier this month.
Among them, Bavaria announced that in the next few weeks, theaters, cinemas, concert halls and outdoor dining venues in the state will continue to be closed, and will not take the next step of "unblocking" measures for the time being.
Several states including North Rhine-Westphalia, Berlin, and Hesse also announced similar decisions.
The Governor of Bavaria Zeder stated that he will call for a unified nationwide "hard emergency brake" at a meeting where German Chancellor Merkel and state governors will discuss epidemic prevention policies next week.
Hessen Governor Buffier stated that the current epidemic has a strong rebound and Germany is already in the third wave of the epidemic. The most important thing at the moment is to do everything possible to keep the epidemic curve as flat as possible.
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