COVID-19: The cases surge in Germany as lockdown eases
As Germany tries to ease the lockdown, the first visible increase in cases of the coronavirus could be seen in the Greman official data. It is predicted that every person who has coronavirus transmits it to one other people.
Ever since Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested delaying the ease of the lockdown there have been heated arguments and debates in the media and politics regarding the possible spread of coronavirus.
Since mid-April, the infection rate had sunk as low as 0.7 before inching back up again. By Tuesday it had reached 3.8%, which is well below the rate in the neighboring country France.
The latest data showed 156,337 cases in Germany and 5,913 deaths.
Rising infection and mortality rates could pose a puzzle for authorities, as a population chafing at lockdown measures is just beginning to enjoy some refound freedoms and an initial united front in politics and media crumbles.
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Health Minister Jens Spahn earlier in April declared the pandemic “under control” in Germany, as Merkel and state premiers agreed smaller shops could open from last week and some pupils return to school from next Monday.
New Lockdown rules will be imposed from May 6, until then there will be further ease in the lockdown restrictions in Germany. According to her, “Even if we assume that one person infects 1.1 others, we would reach the limits of what our health system and intensive care beds can manage in October,” she warned earlier this month.
“If we assume a rate of 1.2 … we would reach the health system’s limit in July. And with a rate of 1.3 – it doesn’t sound like much – we would get there in June already,” she added.
Source: AFP
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