(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) The cumulative number of confirmed diagnoses in Germany exceeds 12 million
China News Agency, Berlin, February 11 (Reporter Peng Dawei) According to data released by the German CDC on the 11th, the number of newly confirmed cases of new coronavirus infection in the country once again exceeded 240,000.
As of that day, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Germany has exceeded 12 million.
The German disease control agency Robert Koch Institute announced on the 11th that the number of new diagnoses and the number of new deaths were 240,172 and 226, respectively.
As of that day, Germany had a total of 12,009,712 confirmed cases and 119,679 deaths.
The total number of patients requiring intensive care in the ICU increased by 7 to 2,403 on the same day; a total of 62.1 million people in the country have been fully vaccinated, accounting for about 74.7% of the country's total population, and 4,590 people have received booster shots million, accounting for 55.2% of the total population.
In order to speed up the implementation of Germany's proposed mandatory vaccination policy for medical and nursing institutions in the states, German Federal Health Minister Lauterbach released a 23-page guidance document on the same day.
Lauterbach criticized Bavaria's approach, according to Deutsche Welle.
The head of the state government has previously stated that there is no intention to implement mandatory vaccinations for employees in relevant agencies in the state.
Lauterbach said the move particularly affected those vulnerable to the infection getting immunity protection, and that the state government's move amounted to not enforcing a bill it approved itself, sending a very bad signal.
"Citizens should take every law we pass seriously."
Lauterbach's remarks come after Germany's Federal Constitutional Court had rejected an appeal for an emergency moratorium on mandatory vaccinations in medical and nursing facilities.
This means that the legal obstacles to the implementation of the decree throughout Germany have initially been removed.
But the decision of the Federal Constitutional Court is not final.
German media pointed out that there are still variables in the future.
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