(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Global War Epidemic: Germany will usher in the second Easter under the "closed city" and when will the "full blood resurrection" remain to be resolved

　　China News Agency, Berlin, April 2 (Reporter Peng Dawei) April 2nd Good Friday (Karfreitag) is a national legal holiday in Germany and also the beginning of the Easter holiday.

The season when the grass grows and the warblers fly is supposed to be a happy time for the whole family to travel, but due to the third wave of the new crown epidemic, the Germans have to spend the second Easter in the state of "closing the city" this year.

　　As the EU's largest country in terms of total economy and population, when will Germany's national economy and social life be "resurrected with blood"?

The question raised by the reporter during Easter last year is still to be answered.

　　The third wave of turbulent epidemics "unblocking" the process halted

　　"Unfortunately, we have to spend Easter again under epidemic prevention measures." When German Chancellor Merkel delivered an Easter video speech on April 1, many Germans missed the summer of 2020— -After the first wave of the epidemic stabilized, Germany adopted "unblocking" from June to September last year, and people spent a relatively relaxed summer.

However, the ensuing second wave of epidemics forced Germany to re-implement the "closed city" in November of the same year.

　　In early March of this year, Merkel and the governors of the states reached a resolution to "unblock" the retail industry and social life in Germany in five steps.

However, this plan was only implemented to the third step, and the German epidemic rebounded sharply, and the official said that it has officially entered the third wave of epidemics.

In the early morning of March 23, after all-night talks with state governors, Merkel announced measures called "the strictest lockdown order in history", requiring all stores to be closed during Easter from April 1st to 5th. On March 3rd, conditional opening of food supermarkets and gas stations was allowed; religious activities held offline were also required to be stopped.

　　After this resolution was announced, it caused strong criticism from all walks of life in Germany.

Under pressure, Merkel announced the withdrawal of this decision after only one day, and rarely apologized to the people.

　　Although Merkel "recovered his fate", the state governments that have the final say in the field of public health have chosen to tighten epidemic prevention measures.

As of April 2, Berlin, Hamburg, Brandenburg and many other states have announced curfews.

Bavaria and many other states have also begun to implement "emergency brakes" in areas where the "average cumulative number of newly diagnosed cases per 100,000 people in seven days" exceeds 100 (cases), suspending various "unblocking" measures implemented since March.

　　Vaccination encounters multiple bottlenecks in the second quarter will become a "match point"

　　As Merkel called the "most important means" to overcome the epidemic, the progress of new crown vaccination in Germany is seriously lagging behind the country's official plan.

As of the 2nd, the number of people in Germany who had received the second dose of vaccine was 4,152,394, which only reached 5% of the country's total population.

　　In continental Europe, this problem is not unique to Germany.

Hans Kruger, director of the WHO European Office, recently criticized that the rate of vaccination in the region was "unacceptably slow."

　　Public information shows that German vaccination is facing three major bottlenecks: First, Pfizer and BioNTech reduced the number of vaccines delivered to the EU in the first quarter due to production capacity factors, which directly caused the number of vaccines obtained by Germany to fail to reach the expected value; secondly, Germany until 4 Before February 2nd, vaccination can only be completed in the vaccination center of each city. In addition, the vaccination invitation is sent by mail and the digitization of the appointment platform is lagging, which greatly restricts the increase in the vaccination speed; finally, because AstraZeneca’s vaccine is not available The suspension of use twice within a month also affected the general public's confidence in the vaccine.

　　"Vaccination will take a big step forward in April." To boost confidence, Merkel emphasized on the 1st that not only the delivery of vaccines is steadily increasing, but also family doctors will be added to vaccinate people after Easter. Millions of people will be vaccinated in Zhoudu and receive safe and effective protection.

　　The analysis pointed out that since Merkel has repeatedly emphasized that it will provide vaccination opportunities for all those who intend to vaccinate before the general election at the end of September, whether this promise can be fulfilled will not only affect whether Germany can achieve herd immunity by this winter, but also It directly affects the election situation of Merkel's coalition party.

　　Whether to "hard seal the city" after the holiday, Germany faces a decision

　　As the currently dominant variant strain in Germany is more transmissible, the rebound of the epidemic in Germany has not diminished in the past week, and more than 20,000 (cases) have been added for several consecutive days.

Including Health Minister Shi Pan, calls from all walks of life for a more thorough "hard seal of the city" are also increasing.

The authoritative poll "German Trends" published on April 1 shows that two-thirds of Germans support the adoption of tougher lockdown measures in response to the epidemic.

The authoritative German virologist Drosten said frankly on the 2nd that Germany can no longer circumvent the "serious measures to close the city."

　　Can a "hard lockdown" with an intensity that exceeds the previous one can lead Germany out of the "blockade-unblock-reblockade" cycle that has been repeatedly performed for more than a year?

On April 12, Merkel will once again negotiate with the governors of the states on the next step of the epidemic prevention policy.

The decision makers will then make a decision.

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