Berlin (dpa) – Due to the massive wave of coronavirus in China, the Union faction’s foreign policy spokesman, Jürgen Hardt, is calling for the interruption of air connections with the People’s Republic.
“The explosion in the Covid numbers in China caused by the Chinese government’s failed policy on the coronavirus is threatening the whole world with a new wave of infections,” the CDU deputy told the Germany (RND) editorial network. “We must not repeat the mistake of three years ago and now we should immediately stop all air connections to and from China.”
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The opposition politician added: “Only when we are sure that there is no threat of a new, dangerous mutation from China should we resume air links”.
Since the explosive increase in corona infections and the abrupt end of China’s strict zero tolerance strategy two weeks ago, the virus has spread at a high speed among billions of people. In many places the hospitals are full. According to estimates, hundreds of thousands of deaths are expected.
The Greens’ health policy spokesman Janosch Dahmen advocated the more frequent wearing of masks in view of China and the high level of sick leave in this country. “Not only because of the development in China, but also because of the other respiratory diseases in Germany, it is important that we use the mask indoors a lot more, regardless of the applicable rules,” he told the RND. The legal framework means that federal states are introducing stricter rules. “I find it very strange, not only as a politician, but also as a doctor, that almost ten million sick Germans still don’t use it at the moment.”
Dahmen warned in view of the surge in infections in China: “A high number of infections also means a higher chance of mutations of the virus.”
