The epidemic of Wuhan pneumonia (novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19) in Europe has been burning non-stop, with the number of new cases in Germany reaching 11,287 on the 21st, the highest number of cases in a single day since the outbreak began; fears of the epidemic spreading in the fall and winter have affected consumption as well, with the German Federal Statistical Office releasing results showing growth in sales of toilet paper, soap, and disinfectants in recent weeks, and its officials describing, in the words of a German proverb, “the hamster-like shopping has begun again.
According to Reuters, a data release in April showed that consumers stocked up on groceries in anticipation of the epidemic lockdown, causing retail sales of related goods in Germany to soar even higher than expected in February, while renewed tensions over the epidemic in Europe have led to a change in consumer behavior in Germany, with toilet paper sales surging 89.9%, disinfectant sales up 72.5%, and soap sales up 11.5%. The number of confirmed cases has been steadily increasing over the past few weeks, and even today the number of cases in the United States rose by 62.3%.
Although Germany has been more successful in preventing the epidemic than other large European countries such as the United Kingdom and France, the European epidemic continues to drag on, and the number of confirmed cases has been steadily increasing over the past few weeks, even surpassing 10,000 new cases in a single day for the first time in Germany today.
According to the New York Times, there were 11,287 confirmed cases and 30 new deaths in Germany in 21 days; according to Johns Hopkins University’s instant statistics, there were 397,922 cases and 9,911 deaths in Germany.
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