Germany prepares to end restrictions: “Vaccinated people will definitely have more freedoms”

The German government announced on Sunday that it was already openly considering the possibility of lifting the restrictions on the already vaccinated population, according to the chief of staff of Angela Merkel.

“The vaccinated will certainly have more freedom than the unvaccinated“Helge Braun explained to Sunday photo on sunday during an interview in which he called on the population to be vaccinated in order to benefit from these advantages.

Right now, Germans can go to restaurants, cinemas and sports venues if they are fully vaccinated or may have a recent negative test. Corn if infection rates continue to rise, unvaccinated people will also need to reduce their contactssaid Braun, also a doctor by profession.

Although he indicated that the effectiveness of vaccines against the particularly contagious delta variant would not require shutting down activities such as those established at the start of the pandemic, he warned that this could influence government policies on the population that has not been vaccinated.

“It could mean that Visiting places like restaurants, cinemas and stadiums would no longer be possible even for unvaccinated people who have been tested (COVID) because the risk is too high», He indicated.

According to Braun, the country has a duty to protect people’s health. “This includes a health service that does not have to postpone cancer and joint operations again in the winter to treat COVID patients. “

Germany has recorded for two weeks an increase in the incidence of weekly cases per 100,000 inhabitants. If this trend continues, schools across the country could be affected by further preventive measures.

“Parents, teachers, non-teaching staff and school bus drivers should get vaccinated to reduce harm to childrenSaid Braun, who recommended that the mandatory use of masks be maintained in the classroom and on public transport.

Until Sunday, 60.8% of Germans had received an injection and 49.1% were fully vaccinated.

Germany has registered 1,387 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours and the incidence in the past seven days stood at 13.8 infections per 100,000 population, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI ).

The incidence the day before was 13.6 cases, which means that the value has been increasing continuously for two and a half weeks. On July 6, it hit its lowest point, remaining at 4.9 new infections.

The numbers are low compared to its European neighbors, but cases have increased over the past two weeks, fueled by the Delta variant.

Germany records low infection figures

Last week, Merkel worried about the “clear and worrying dynamics” of the increase in cases, and urged as many Germans as possible to get vaccinated.

(With information from Europa Press and AFP)

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