Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel Labeled Thursday “a very sad day” and supported more restrictions, his country became the latest to cross 100,000 deaths from Covid-19 since the pandemic began.
The National Disease Control Agency said it recorded 351 deaths in relation to the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total toll to 100,119. in Europe, Germany Russia is the fifth country to cross this figure after the United Kingdom, Italy and France.
“It is certainly a very sad day that we have to mourn the 100,000 victims of the coronavirus,” Merkel told a news conference in Berlin. “And unfortunately, at this point in time, more than 300 deaths are being added to it every day.”
The longtime German leader, who currently holds office as caretaker until his successor is sworn in, warned there were already hundreds more deaths.
“(Deaths) correlate very clearly with the number of infections occurring,” she said. “We know how many people on average do not survive the disease.”
The Robert Koch Institute, a federal agency that collects data from nearly 400 regional health offices, said Germany set a record for daily confirmed cases – 75,961 – in the past 24-hour period. Since the start of the outbreak, there have been more than 5.57 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Germany.
“The situation is so dire because we are still in an exponential growth and because the number of cases we are getting sick today are basically patients who will be in intensive care in 10 or 14 days,” Merkel said.
He welcomed the awaited announcement from Germany’s government on Wednesday that it would create a new permanent expert group to advise officials on how to deal with the pandemic.
While the number of daily infections is higher than that seen during last winter’s surge, daily deaths per confirmed cases are currently lower. Experts argue that this is due to vaccination, which reduces the chances of serious illness.
Still, hospitals warn that intensive care beds are running out, with nearly 4,000 already occupied by Covid-19 patients. Some hospitals in the south and east of the country have started shifting patients to other areas.
The German Air Force has kept two special MedVac aircraft on stand-by to airlift ICU patients to areas with free beds.
General Manager of the Bavarian Hospital Association, Roland Enghausen, said that there is a need to bring down the number of new cases rapidly.
“Otherwise we’re going to have a dramatic situation between Christmas and New Years that we haven’t seen yet,” he told the German news agency DPA.
Saxony, in the northeast, on Thursday became the first German state to record a weekly number of more than 1,000 confirmed cases per 100,000 residents. It has the lowest vaccination rate of 57.9% among Germany’s 16 states.
The government has urged people who were vaccinated more than six months ago, and those who have not been vaccinated, to get their first shot. Officials say 68.1% of Germany’s 83 million residents have been fully vaccinated, far below the government’s target of a minimum 75% level.
centre-left leader Olaf Scholzo, who is set to succeed Merkel as chancellor next month, called on Wednesday for mandatory vaccinations in nursing homes that care for particularly vulnerable people – and the possibility of expanding the measure to others. left open.
“Vaccination is the way out of this pandemic,” Scholz said.
His Social Democratic Party health expert Carly robberback, a trained epidemiologist, cited the case of Bayern Munich soccer star Joshua kimchicho As a warning to those who believe they can avoid both the virus and the vaccine. Kimmich, who hesitated to take the shot, tested positive this week. Bayern said on Wednesday that Kimmich is “doing well”.
“The case shows how difficult it is these days for unvaccinated people to survive Covid,” Lauterbach said on Twitter.
Merkel did not address the question of compulsory vaccination for everyone, which some senior German officials and the country’s union of intensive care doctors have proposed. But he said there should be ‘further restrictions on contacts’.
The National Disease Control Agency said it recorded 351 deaths in relation to the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total toll to 100,119. in Europe, Germany Russia is the fifth country to cross this figure after the United Kingdom, Italy and France.
“It is certainly a very sad day that we have to mourn the 100,000 victims of the coronavirus,” Merkel told a news conference in Berlin. “And unfortunately, at this point in time, more than 300 deaths are being added to it every day.”
The longtime German leader, who currently holds office as caretaker until his successor is sworn in, warned there were already hundreds more deaths.
“(Deaths) correlate very clearly with the number of infections occurring,” she said. “We know how many people on average do not survive the disease.”
The Robert Koch Institute, a federal agency that collects data from nearly 400 regional health offices, said Germany set a record for daily confirmed cases – 75,961 – in the past 24-hour period. Since the start of the outbreak, there have been more than 5.57 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Germany.
“The situation is so dire because we are still in an exponential growth and because the number of cases we are getting sick today are basically patients who will be in intensive care in 10 or 14 days,” Merkel said.
He welcomed the awaited announcement from Germany’s government on Wednesday that it would create a new permanent expert group to advise officials on how to deal with the pandemic.
While the number of daily infections is higher than that seen during last winter’s surge, daily deaths per confirmed cases are currently lower. Experts argue that this is due to vaccination, which reduces the chances of serious illness.
Still, hospitals warn that intensive care beds are running out, with nearly 4,000 already occupied by Covid-19 patients. Some hospitals in the south and east of the country have started shifting patients to other areas.
The German Air Force has kept two special MedVac aircraft on stand-by to airlift ICU patients to areas with free beds.
General Manager of the Bavarian Hospital Association, Roland Enghausen, said that there is a need to bring down the number of new cases rapidly.
“Otherwise we’re going to have a dramatic situation between Christmas and New Years that we haven’t seen yet,” he told the German news agency DPA.
Saxony, in the northeast, on Thursday became the first German state to record a weekly number of more than 1,000 confirmed cases per 100,000 residents. It has the lowest vaccination rate of 57.9% among Germany’s 16 states.
The government has urged people who were vaccinated more than six months ago, and those who have not been vaccinated, to get their first shot. Officials say 68.1% of Germany’s 83 million residents have been fully vaccinated, far below the government’s target of a minimum 75% level.
centre-left leader Olaf Scholzo, who is set to succeed Merkel as chancellor next month, called on Wednesday for mandatory vaccinations in nursing homes that care for particularly vulnerable people – and the possibility of expanding the measure to others. left open.
“Vaccination is the way out of this pandemic,” Scholz said.
His Social Democratic Party health expert Carly robberback, a trained epidemiologist, cited the case of Bayern Munich soccer star Joshua kimchicho As a warning to those who believe they can avoid both the virus and the vaccine. Kimmich, who hesitated to take the shot, tested positive this week. Bayern said on Wednesday that Kimmich is “doing well”.
“The case shows how difficult it is these days for unvaccinated people to survive Covid,” Lauterbach said on Twitter.
Merkel did not address the question of compulsory vaccination for everyone, which some senior German officials and the country’s union of intensive care doctors have proposed. But he said there should be ‘further restrictions on contacts’.
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