China News Agency, Berlin, November 27 (Reporter Peng Dawei) The Ministry of Health of Bavaria, Germany, confirmed on the 27th that two passengers who arrived in Munich, South Africa from South Africa on the 24th, have been diagnosed with the latest COVID-19 mutant strain "Omi Keron" .
In response to the recent surge in confirmed cases in Germany and the risks posed by new strains, the German National Academy of Sciences issued a statement on the same day, calling on the government to immediately adopt phased mandatory vaccination and severely reduce interpersonal contact and other blockade measures.
The German disease control agency Robert Koch Institute announced that the number of new diagnoses and the number of new deaths were 67,125 and 303 respectively. As of that day, a total of 5,717,295 were diagnosed and 100,779 were killed.
Among them, the country's official "accumulated number of newly confirmed cases per 100,000 people in seven days" (incidence rate index) used to monitor the severity of the epidemic rose to 444.3 that day.
The index has continued to break through the single-day extreme value since November 8.
An additional 42 patients were required to receive ICU intensive care treatment, bringing the total number to 4368.
As of that day, Germany had received a total of 121.2 million doses of the new crown vaccine, and a total of 56.9 million people had been fully vaccinated, accounting for about 68.4% of the country's total population.
The Bavarian State Ministry of Health said on the same day that the two confirmed cases of the "Omi Keron" strain in the state were in quarantine at home since they were confirmed positive on the 25th of this month.
The state health department urged passengers who arrived in Munich from South Africa on the same flight with the two on the 24th to immediately report to the local health department; all those who entered from South Africa in the past 14 days should immediately reduce contact with others, perform nucleic acid tests, and report travel History, and immediately contact the health department.
On the 27th, the German state of Hessen also announced the discovery of a suspected case of infection with the "Omi Keron" strain.
The Leopoldina National Academy of Sciences in Germany issued a statement co-signed by the academicians of the Academy on the same day, calling on the German government to immediately take clear and firm measures to curb the current exponential growth of the epidemic.
The statement called for immediate measures such as compulsory vaccination in phases and severe restrictions on inter-personal contact based on the epidemic index in different regions.
Among them, measures to reduce interpersonal contact should continue for several weeks from November 29, and should be strictly implemented.
Considering that the overall immunity of the German society is currently low, the above-mentioned restrictions should be temporarily applied to all kinds of people, including those who have been fully vaccinated and those who have been infected with the new coronavirus, in addition to those who have not been fully vaccinated.
The German National Academy of Sciences recommends that the latter must now go for a booster shot.
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