(Fighting new crown pneumonia) Nearly 80,000 people who died from the new crown in Germany officially hold a memorial ceremony
China News Agency, Berlin, April 18 (Reporter Peng Dawei) As of the 18th, a total of 79,914 people in Germany have died of the new crown virus.
On the same day, German officials held a ceremony in Berlin to mourn the dead in the new crown epidemic.
On the same day, Germany's flag was lowered to half mast in mourning.
German President Steinmeier, Chancellor Merkel, the Speakers of the Bundestag and Senate, the President of the Federal Constitutional Court and representatives of the families of the deceased from the new crown attended the memorial ceremony held in the Berlin Concert Hall.
Steinmeier said that the outbreak has been more than a year old and has caused serious wounds and rifts in Germany, Europe and the world, and the epidemic has not ended yet.
He said that nearly 80,000 people have lost their lives in Germany and more than 3 million people worldwide. "Every day, more people die from infection. At this moment, people are fighting death in the intensive care unit."
"The new crown pandemic forces people to keep their distance, but please don't let our society split too." Steinmeier called on the German society to unite in mourning and work together to get out of the gloom of the epidemic.
Currently, Germany is still deeply involved in the third wave of the epidemic.
The German Bundestag is arguing whether to approve the draft amendments to the infectious disease prevention and control law proposed by the Federal Cabinet.
The draft plans to require all states to implement the "emergency brake" policy. When the "accumulated number of newly diagnosed cases per 100,000 people in 7 days" exceeds 100, strict epidemic prevention measures including curfews and store closures must be implemented.
According to the schedule, the German Bundestag will vote on whether to approve the amendment on April 21.
Some federal states including Baden-Württemberg, Meiqian and Brandenburg have announced that they will implement "emergency braking" in advance without waiting for the completion of the amendment process at the federal level.
However, some other states, including the capital Berlin, have expressed doubts about the draft.
The real-time data of Germany's "Times Online" as of 20:00 local time on the 18th showed that the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Germany exceeded 3.15 million.
Up to now, Germany has received more than 21.33 million doses of vaccine.
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