(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Germany has implemented the second phase of "unblocking", and the number of new confirmed cases of new crown has rebounded
China News Agency, Berlin, March 5 (Reporter Peng Dawei) The new crown pneumonia epidemic data released by the German CDC on the 4th showed that the number of newly confirmed cases of new crown virus infection in the country rebounded sharply after falling for a few days, and it has been the second consecutive day. The number of new additions in a single day exceeded 210,000.
From that day, German states began to implement the second phase of "unblocking" measures, and people did not need to be fully vaccinated against the new crown to enter places such as restaurants and hotels.
On the evening of March 4, local time, a restaurant in Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz no longer requires people to be fully vaccinated with two doses of vaccines, and only needs to provide a negative certificate of the new crown test within 24 hours to dine in.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Peng Dawei
The German disease control agency Robert Koch Institute announced on the 4th that the number of new diagnoses and the number of new deaths were 217,593 and 291, respectively.
As of that day, a total of 15,481,890 people were diagnosed in Germany and 123,796 died; the total number of patients requiring intensive care in the ICU decreased by 45 that day to 2,106.
Up to now, the country has received 170.3 million doses of the new crown vaccine, and 62.8 million people have been fully vaccinated, accounting for about 75.5% of the country's total population; 47.6 million people have received booster shots, accounting for 57.3% of the total population.
After several days of decline, Germany's new crown morbidity index used to monitor the severity of the epidemic (an average of seven new diagnoses per 100,000 people) rebounded on the 3rd and 4th, and had rebounded to 4th as of the 4th. 1196.4.
According to the resolution reached between the German federal government and the states on February 16, the "unblocking" measures implemented from March 4 are the second step in the country's planned "three-step" unblocking plan.
On the evening of March 4, local time, a restaurant in Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz no longer requires people to be fully vaccinated with two doses of vaccines, and only needs to provide a negative certificate of the new crown test within 24 hours to dine in.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Peng Dawei
A reporter from China News Agency visited the area from Potsdamer Platz to Hack Market in Berlin that evening and found that various restaurants have cancelled the previously implemented "2G" rules and relaxed them to "3G" rules, that is, unless they have been fully vaccinated against the new crown vaccine and recovered from infection In addition to the two groups of people who have not been fully vaccinated, those who have not been fully vaccinated can also enter the dine-in with a negative certificate of the new crown test within 24 hours.
Hotels in Berlin and the states also started adopting the "3G" rules that day.
Places such as bars and nightclubs still require "2G Plus", that is, only those who have received a booster shot or a second dose and have a test report on the day can enter.
In addition, restrictions on hosting large-scale events were relaxed to allow indoor events of up to 6,000 people and outdoor events of up to 25,000 people.
According to the above resolution, if the development of the epidemic at that time conforms to official expectations, Germany plans to lift most of the epidemic prevention measures on March 20.
In response to the current epidemic situation, German Federal Health Minister Lauterbach called on people to remain vigilant this spring.
He reminded that because the current number of newly confirmed cases is still high, an average of 200 people die from the new crown virus every day, which is by no means a state where the epidemic has stabilized.
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