(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) A total of more than 25 million cases have been diagnosed in Germany. The disease control agency recommends shortening the isolation time of infected people

　　China News Agency, Berlin, May 4 (Reporter Ma Xiuxiu) The epidemic data released by the German CDC on the 4th showed that the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new crown virus infection in the country as of that day has exceeded 25 million.

In addition, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently recommended that the quarantine period for people infected with the new crown be shortened to 5 days.

　　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 106,631 and 241, respectively.

As of that day, Germany had a total of 25,033,970 confirmed cases and 135,942 deaths.

The total number of patients requiring intensive care in the ICU decreased by 66 to 1,213 that day; at least 63 million people in the country have been fully vaccinated so far, accounting for about 75.8% of the country's total population, and at least 49.4 million people have been vaccinated Strengthen the needle, accounting for 59.3% of the total population.

　　Germany's new crown incidence index (an average of seven-day cumulative new diagnoses per 100,000 people) used to monitor the severity of the epidemic fell to 591.8, the first time the index has fallen below 600 since January.

The previous day it was 632.2 and last week it was 887.6.

　　It is said that the current new crown incidence rate index does not fully reflect the infection situation.

For some time, a large number of cases have gone undocumented due to overloaded health departments and not all infected people being tested.

In addition, delayed registration or transmission problems can also lead to data skew.

　　At the same time, the Robert Koch Institute recently issued new guidelines for the length of isolation after contracting the new crown.

The guidance recommends reducing the required quarantine period to five days.

De-isolation testing is "strongly recommended" and is no longer mandatory.

　　The guidelines state that people who have been in contact with an infected person should minimize contact with people for five days.

It is recommended that people with a history of exposure should perform a daily rapid antigen test to ensure safety, especially to avoid contact with groups at risk of developing severe disease.

　　The guidelines make separate provisions for workers in health systems, nursing homes, nursing facilities, and other sectors.

If these people are infected, they must be asymptomatic for 48 hours, and can return to work after the mandatory antigen or PCR test is negative at the earliest on the fifth day.

　　According to reports, the health ministers of the federal and state governments have previously agreed on new quarantine regulations. The specific rules are implemented by the states, and the quarantine is still arranged by the corresponding health department.

Prior to this, many states implemented a seven-day quarantine after infection, after which the quarantine could be ended after a test.

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