Coronavirus in Germany: a new confinamy has started …

Germany entered a new detention period which could last longer than expected alarming spread of coronavirus and rising death toll. Only the last day 952 people died from Covid-19 breaking the record for cases since the pandemic hit the country. At least until January 10 all businesses, except food and pharmacies, must suspend their activities. Schools and nurseries, which the government had made a priority to remain open, were also forced to end face-to-face activities. The government announced that the vaccination campaign will begin on December 27. Chancellor Angela Merkel tells Parliament that this pandemic is the the biggest social and economic challenge facing the European Union since its foundation.

The German authorities began to apply the principle of “Let’s stay at home“. The measure was adopted on Sunday after a crisis meeting between the Chancellor and the leaders of the 16 states in the region. This is a partial containment which had already been implemented in the European spring, with the closure of schools and non-essential stores. However this time the advance of the virus removed Germany from the list of model countries in the fight against the virus. For weeks, the government has been unable to flatten the contagion curve despite increasing restrictions, in part because of the Difficulty agreeing on measures between the central administration and the governorates. In the last 24 hours, 27,728 new infections coronavirus.

Identical to other European countries, Germany decided to extend travel restrictions before Christmas. Social contacts will be very limited from December 24 to 26 and meetings will only be allowed between very close relatives. Celebrations from the 24th night will be reduced to a minimum and the sale of fireworks will be banned. These measures are aimed at thAvoid congestion of the hospital system which, although not yet collapsed, is experiencing a sustained increase. In Berlin, the occupancy rate of intensive care beds already exceeds 88%. There, as in other cities, people shopped for Christmas several days ago in anticipation of stores closing.

Laboratory vaccine BionNTech it will be applied primarily in nursing homes, said Health Minister Jens Spahn. “We can gradually return to normal from the (European) summer“the official promised. The total number of cases in the country is 1,379,238, as the dead were equivalent to 23.427.