Chancellor Angela Merkel said German officials agreed to put into force a four-week closure of restaurants, bars, theatres and clubs in hopes of containing the coronavirus outbreaks that have led to an immediate increase in cases this month in Germany and across Europe. .
Merkel said the 16 German state governors, who are guilty of enforcing the restrictions, agreed to close on Wednesday and will begin next Monday, November 2.
Unlike the strictest closures implemented through Germany in March and April, the first phase of the coronavirus pandemic, schools and kindergartens will remain open this time (provided they comply with strict hygiene measures).
In addition, the restaurants will be there to serve takeaway orders.
The partial blockage will be re-evaluated in two weeks to determine whether the restrictions deserve to be maintained until the end of November.
“We will have to act, and now, to avoid a serious national fitness emergency,” Merkel said.
Germany has been praised through the foreign network for preventing serious outbreaks in the first phase of the coronavirus march in Europe before this year, with strict blockade and extensive testing to help restrict the spread of the virus (despite a population of more than 83 million people). Germany has fewer than 500,000 cases in total since the start of the pandemic and just over 10,000 Covid-related deaths). However, the national law firm on diseases and control reported a record 14,964 new infections daily on Wednesday and Germany records on average more than 10,000 new cases consistent with the day during the following week. “We can say that our fitness formula can live up to the challenge today,” Merkel said. “But if the infection rate continues like this, then we will succeed in the restrictions of what the fitness formula can work on in a few weeks. “
10%: German economy fell by 10. 1% from March to June, its worst drop in more than 50 years.
Europe accounted for nearly 50% of the 2. 8 million new coronavirus cases reported internationally last week, according to the World Health Organization, leading many European countries to re-impose serious restrictions. “were necessary to avoid a lockdown. On Tuesday, the Russian government announced a national masking order. French President Emmanuel Macron announced Wednesday that France would impose a strict blockade from Friday
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