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German again broke the record rise in the daily infection rate Covid-19 with 68,366 cases as of Thursday (18/11), according to Johns Hopkins University statistics.
This figure increased by 14,739 cases from 53,627 cases of Covid-19 infection the day before.
Germany has seen a spike in Covid-19 cases in recent weeks.
This spike in cases has also triggered an increase in the number of inpatients in hospitals until they are overwhelmed. Intensive Care Unit (ICU) rooms in a number of hospitals are also starting to fill up
One hospital in Bavaria Freising, Germany, was even forced to send Covid-19 patients to a hospital in Italy because their ICU was full and lacked health workers.
“Last week, on Wednesday or Thursday, we had to send a patient by helicopter to Merano (Italy),” the medical director of the hospital in Freising, Thomas Marx, told AFP. AFP on Thursday (18/11).
Marx explained that the hospital where he worked at the time handled 13 cases in the ICU, while the room could only accommodate 10 people.
“We no longer have the capacity to accept them (Covid-19 patients), and hospitals around Bavaria are also full,” he added.
The increase in the number of corona virus infections in Germany has also made the country’s government tighten social restrictions on citizens who have not been vaccinated.
The implementation of this strict rule has begun in the German capital, Berlin, starting Monday (15/11). Berliners who wish to enter bars, restaurants, cinemas or other entertainment venues must show proof of complete vaccination or proof of having recovered from coronavirus infection within six months.
Meanwhile, the new governing party coalition has also submitted proposals to parliament regarding the national handling of Covid-19.
Under this proposal, German citizens wishing to take buses and trains must show proof of a vaccine or negative Covid-19 results.
The deputy leader of the Greens, Robert Habeck, said on Sunday (14/11) that this rule had the effect of “lockdown for people who are not vaccinated.”
Low vaccination rates are said to be one of the reasons for the recent increase in Covid-19 cases in Germany.
Until now, only 66.7 percent of the population has been fully vaccinated. Meanwhile, there are still a third of German citizens who have not received a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at all.
German Health Minister Jens Spahn said that the majority of Covid-19 cases were found among people who had not been vaccinated.
The Robert Koch Institute said the hospitalization rate for unvaccinated Covid-19 patients increased four times compared to those who had been vaccinated.
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