Berlin: Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday asked all German people who were not vaccinated to get shots as soon as possible because the level of the country’s Coronavirus infection achieved the latest results in a series of new deaths.
“If we stand together, if we think of protecting ourselves and taking care of others, we can save many of our countries this winter,” Merkel said in her weekly podcast.
Chancellor warns that “this is very difficult in front of us”.
The German Disease Control Center said that the infection rate rose to 277.4 new cases per 100,000 population for seven days, up from 263.7 days earlier.
Robert Koch Institute reported 45,081 new infections, two days after the total daily reached 50,000 for the first time.
228 Death Covid-19 others brought Germany total in pandemic so far until 97,617.
While infection rates are not as high as in several other European countries, the relentless increase in Germany has triggered alarm bells.
Chancellor Chancellor Merkel plans to meet with 16 governors of the country to coordinate national steps next week, and parliament is considering legislation which will provide a new legal framework for restrictions during the winter.
Merkel expressed his concern about the high number of intensive care patients and increased number of deaths, especially in areas with a low level of vaccination.
“Think again,” Merkel said to those who still hadn’t got Jab.
“We just need to take it, take it quickly.” “I asked you: Join us and try to convince relatives and friends too,” he added.
Chancellor also asked them who had been vaccinated to get a booster shot against Covid-19.
Vaccination Booster is “a real opportunity to break a wave of pandemic” Severe autumn “, said Merkel.
Germany has struggled to bring new momentum for vaccination campaigns lately, with a little more than two-thirds of the population fully vaccinated.
So far has refused To order any professional groups.
Children under 12 years old, who have not been vaccinated in Germany, are among the worst hit groups.
The head of the German teacher association warned Saturday that the local health office struggled to keep controlling in the middle of many Outbreaks in schools throughout the country.
“The reality is that we have been on the verge of losing control in several hotspot areas,” Heinz-Peter Meidinger to the Weekly Welt Am Sonntag paper.
“We no longer know how to load an outbreak of infection at school.
“Also on Saturday, the government began offering free Covid-19 tests.
They were canceled a month Then in an effort to persuade more people to vaccinate.