German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the governors of 16 states reached an agreement yesterday to extend the nationwide embargo until March 7, but schools and hair salons may be unblocked earlier because of concerns about an outbreak of a variant of Wuhan pneumonia, a Chinese communist virus. The government has also announced that the government will continue to support the development of a new government.
The government has announced that Germany‘s national Epidemic prevention blockade will be extended until March 7. (schematic diagram / Central News Agency)
Reuters reported that Germany began implementing blockade measures in mid-December last year to prevent the spread of the 2019 coronavirus disease (Chinese communist virus, COVID-19, Wuhan pneumonia) outbreak. The number of confirmed cases in a single day in the country has been declining, and there are calls from some local chiefs for a timetable to lift the embargo.
There is a lot of uncertainty about the variants and it is clear that they will prevail,” Angela Merkel said at a press conference yesterday. …That’s why we have to let the number of confirmed cases fall and fall again.
According to the agreement, hair salons in Germany can be unblocked early on March 1, but the threshold conditions for the gradual unblock of other economic activities have been tightened, from the original limit of 50 new confirmed cases per 100,000 people in seven days to 35 cases.
Germany, the epidemic indicator data, has dropped from nearly 200 cases at the end of December last year to 68 cases yesterday, but only less than 50 cases in October last year.
Once the outbreak in Germany falls below the 35-case threshold, businesses such as non-essential stores, galleries, museums and beauty salons will be able to resume operations. The new rules also allow for some exceptions, such as states deciding how to resume school attendance.
However, Andrea Belegante, a representative of the German restaurant lobby BdS, said today that she was “shocked” by the new policy. Politicians have thrown our industry into turmoil,” she said. Again, there is no prospect plan, no concrete measures for the unblocking strategy, and the unblocking has only been postponed until the beginning of March without giving people something to look forward to.
Speaking to the German Bundestag today, Merkel called on the public to be more patient. She said the extension of the embargo is necessary to avoid a third wave of outbreaks in Germany, given the risks posed by the new variant of the virus.
I know that what we have achieved in the fight against this virus has been costly and continues to be costly,” Merkel said.
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