(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Germany newly diagnosed 13,000 experts for two consecutive days, calling for speeding up vaccination progress
China News Agency, Berlin, September 3 (Reporter Peng Dawei) The German disease control agency announced on the 2nd that the number of newly confirmed infections with the new crown virus was 13,715, an increase of 13,000 for two consecutive days.
The authoritative German virologist Drosten said on the same day that the country's current complete vaccination rate of about 61% is not enough to ensure a smooth ride through this fall.
He called for speeding up the vaccination schedule to achieve herd immunity.
The German disease control agency Robert Koch Institute announced that the number of new confirmed cases and the number of new deaths were 13,715 and 33, respectively. As of that day, a total of 3,970,102 people were diagnosed and a total of 92,256 people died.
Germany's official new crown incidence index (the cumulative number of new diagnoses per 100,000 people in seven days), which is officially used by Germany to monitor the severity of the new crown epidemic, rebounded further on the same day, rising from 75.7 the day before to 76.9.
The latest data released by the German health department show that the country has received 102.2 million doses of the new crown vaccine, and a total of 50,600,451 people have been fully vaccinated, accounting for 60.9% of the country's total population.
Regarding the relationship between German vaccination and the next step of the epidemic prevention situation, Dr. Rosten, a famous German virologist and director of the Institute of Virology at the Charité Medical School in Berlin, stated on the German radio program that the vaccination rate of about 61% is still Not enough, "This vaccination rate alone cannot make us pass the fall smoothly."
He reiterated the vaccination rate threshold set by the disease control agency for herd immunity: 85% of people aged 18-59 must be fully vaccinated, and 90% of elderly people aged 60 and above must be fully vaccinated.
He said that only by reaching such a vaccination rate can people get out of the epidemic with the help of vaccines.
Drosten pointed out that considering that the delta strain is continuing to spread, Germany's current declining willingness to vaccinate against the new crown has become a problem.
With the full resumption of classes in German primary and secondary schools, Berlin and other places have adopted the practice of testing teachers and students at least twice a week to ensure that offline teaching does not fall into interruption.
However, Drosten believes that the regular implementation of new crown testing still cannot replace the role of the vaccine, but can only be used as an auxiliary means when the vaccine is not yet available.
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