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November 18, 2021 In Germany, 65,371 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the last 24 hours, the highest figure since the beginning of the pandemic. This was announced by the Robert Koch Institute (Rki), commissioned by the Berlin government to monitor the progress of the pandemic in the country. The country's 7-day incidence rate also increased, to 336.9, explains the Rki. There are also 264 people who lost their lives on the last day due to complications attributable to the coronavirus.
This is a new peak, after yesterday's 52,826. the weekly index is 336.9 positive on 100 thousand inhabitants. The hospitalization rate has risen to 5.15 patients per 100,000 inhabitants (yesterday it was 4.86).
The alarm from the Robert Koch Institute
Germany is heading '' towards a serious coronavirus emergency and "a truly terrible Christmas", said Lothar Wieler, director of the Robert Koch Institute (Rki), who today confirmed for the first time over 60 thousand infections in the country since the outbreak of the pandemic, 65,371 to be precise. "The estimates are more than bleak," he added. "Behind the 60,000 registered infections there are at least double or triple the numbers," he explained. "There is a great emergency in our country and whoever does not see it makes a serious mistake ".
"Right now we are heading for a major emergency," Wieler said. "We will have a really terrible Christmas if we don't take countermeasures now," he added. To respond to the emergency, Wieler said, Germany must raise its rates. vaccination rates significantly above 75%, up from 67.7% today. Some regions of Germany have vaccination rates as high as 57.6%. German hospitals, he added, are struggling to find patient beds. Covid-19
Fierce controversy between central state and regions
The German Bundestag is discussing the pandemic situation in Germany and the new law proposed by the so-called traffic light parties (spd, green and liberal), which is preparing to govern the country. A heated debate, marked by cross-accusations, in which Minister Jens Spahn underlined that "the situation is difficult, since it is faced by a regent government, with a different parliamentary majority".
The deputy leader of the union has called on the parties of the new executive to "turn": "The plan to expire the federal state of emergency slips from the hands of the laender the possibility to act, this is not the way to fight the pandemic. Change your mind" he added about the plan to let the state of emergency expire on 25 November without renewing it. Verdi and SPD defend the new legislative system, which wants to restore centrality to parliament in the management of Covid, weakening the state-regions conference.
A meeting between bund and laender is scheduled for today. In the package under discussion, the introduction of the green pass at work and in public transport, the mandatory nature of daily tests in nursing homes for the elderly and smart working obligation.
It is an emergency
In Germany, the situation is dramatic, according to Chancellor Angela Merkel herself: cases are increasing dramatically and the number of victims is also growing, while intensive care in German hospitals risks overcrowding again.
Even the anesthesiologists have launched a dramatic appeal: the health system is heading in the direction of catastrophe ", they say, asking the Minister of Health Jens Spahn," effective steps. "
There is great anticipation for the summit scheduled today between the Chancellor and the governors dei Laender to decide on the next steps According to the Chancellor, a "national effort" is needed to proceed rapidly with the administration of the third doses of the vaccine.