Merkel is concerned about the increase in the incidence of COVID-19 in Germany | News from Germany about Germany

With the continued increase in the incidence of COVID-19 and. O. German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Germans to show more determination in the fight against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. The current hospitalization and mortality rates “are of great concern to me,” she said in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, published on Saturday 30 October.

“This should worry us all,” Merkel added. According to her, at the moment in the society “there is again some frivolity.” Merkel expressed regret that between two and three million citizens over the age of 60 still remain unvaccinated in Germany.

Coronavirus infection rate is on the rise

The seven-day average spread of the coronavirus in Germany has risen again. According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), on Saturday, October 30, it amounted to 145.1 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants. A day earlier, its value was equal to 139.2 cases, and a week ago – 100 cases. This indicator indicates the number of new cases of infection per 100 thousand inhabitants over the past seven days and has been growing for the past two weeks.

According to the RKI, 21,543 new cases of infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus were recorded during the last 24 hours. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 4,580,663 people have been infected with coronavirus infection, and about 4,267,500 have been cured. In addition, over the past 24 hours, 90 patients have died from the pulmonary disease COVID-19 caused by the coronavirus and its consequences in Germany. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 95,696 deaths associated with covid have been recorded in the country.

The workload of hospitals in Germany is increasing

It is the spread indicator that has long been considered decisive in the choice of restrictive measures in the fight against the pandemic at the federal and state levels. Today, in connection with the progress in vaccination, other indicators are becoming determining, in particular, the workload of hospitals with patients with COVID-19. The number of patients in intensive care units is growing and, as of October 29, amounted to 1,860 people.

“Many doctors and nurses, especially in intensive care units, have been working to their limit since the beginning of the pandemic. Their resilience is not limitless,” said Federal Chancellor Helge Braun. He pointed out that the increase in the number of unvaccinated people and the growing number of hospitalizations for covid patients threaten the emergence of restrictions on medical care in many regions.

The German Hospital Society (DKG) has previously warned of an excessive workload on intensive care units, which is why it is necessary to postpone operations that do not require urgent intervention. “We are in a critical situation,” said DKG Chairman Gerald Gaß.

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Coronavirus in Germany – 2020

Without holy water

The first photo in our frame-by-frame section related to the coronavirus pandemic in Germany was published on February 28, 2020. It was then that in the most visited German church, measures were taken to prevent the spread of infection – including, they stopped filling the bowls for holy water. You can read this and other publications by clicking on the “+” to the right above the text or on the links below the gallery.

Coronavirus in Germany – 2020

Masked donkey

In 2020, we saw many different masked monuments. For example, here is a photograph from Bremen taken at the end of March. Usually, here you should hold on to the leg of a donkey and make a wish, but due to the spread of coronavirus infection, it is better to refrain from this during a pandemic.

Coronavirus in Germany – 2020

Stay home!

An airplane with such a banner could be seen in the sky over the city by residents of Hamburg at the end of March. In connection with the coronavirus pandemic, similar calls have appeared everywhere in Germany – for example, in the form of hashtags #zuhausebleiben and #stayathome on TV screens or stencil graffiti on sidewalks.

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Edible paper

Preparing to go into a multi-week quarantine due to the coronavirus, German residents in the spring were especially eager to buy pasta, flour, cereals and toilet paper for future use. The demand for the latter has increased by 700 percent! The shelves were empty. In a pastry shop in Dortmund, they decided to produce their own version of this everyday commodity – butter rolls.

Coronavirus in Germany – 2020

Love during the crown

These photographs were taken at the end of March on the Danish-German border near Süderlugum. Due to the pandemic, the border was closed, but these loving pensioners – 89-year-old German Carsten Thuchsen Hansen and 85-year-old Danish woman Inga Rassmussen – found a solution to the problem. They met every day – they arranged gatherings near the barrier.

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Home office for a ballerina

So during the spring lockdown, rehearsals of the Berlin State Ballet took place – they were broadcast via a webcam. This photo was taken in the studio apartment of ballerina Vivian Assal Cochnaward. In the theater workshop, special floor coverings were made for the artists so that they could do the exercises at home.

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Stupid coronavirus!

In 2020, due to the coronavirus, Easter decor in Germany was somewhat different from the traditional one. For example, such an Easter bunny was installed near a school in Bavarian Ottenhofen – made of straw, in Bavarian leather pants and with a sign “Stupid coronavirus”!

Coronavirus in Germany – 2020

Without Oktoberfest

This photo was taken in Munich in April. Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder is attending a press conference to announce the cancellation of the traditional Oktoberfest five months before the scheduled start. Symbolic shot. Oktoberfest and other crowded folk festivals, music, wine and other festivals did not take place in Germany during the pandemic.

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Masks for monarchists

Let’s stay in Bavaria. Previously, portraits of King Ludwig II were adorned with various Bavarian souvenirs. During the pandemic, this popular and beloved monarch, who built Neuschwanstein Castle, could be seen wearing protective masks.

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Truck Concert

Concerts of musicians in unusual locations or unusual formats have become another sign of coronavirus time. Cameron Carpenter is the only organist in the world to own a personal concert organ. In early May, he toured Berlin to support people during the pandemic. These photographs were taken during a performance in front of one of the capital’s nursing homes in the Spandau area.

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First workout

As part of the easing of quarantine measures in Germany, on May 11, the first fitness clubs reopened in some German regions after a multi-week break. These photographs were taken in Cologne in one of these centers. It works around the clock and therefore opened its doors to visitors at exactly midnight. The condition for the opening of such sports clubs was the observance of strict measures of hygiene and distance.

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Queues for puppies

In the summer, German dog breeders reported an unprecedented demand for puppies. In particular, many of those who have been planning to get a dog for a long time, working in the home office mode, found this moment especially suitable, since they are at home almost all the time. Labradors and golden retrievers were very popular.

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Cinema for oldtimers

After the outbreak of the pandemic in Germany, car cinemas began to open up everywhere. These photographs were taken in the Lower Saxon commune of Hude during a session organized especially for the owners of oldtimers. The film was chosen in accordance with the interests of the public – “Ford vs. Ferrari”.

Coronavirus in Germany – 2020

Empty brothels

Many brothels and sex clubs in Germany were on the verge of bankruptcy after months of the coronavirus lockdown – they remained closed even after hairdressers, fitness clubs, swimming pools and saunas reopened. On July 16, some brothels in different regions of the country – for example, in Hamburg – held an open day to draw attention to a difficult situation.

Coronavirus in Germany – 2020

Let’s not go to Mallorca

For fear of going to distant lands, many Germans preferred to spend summer vacation at sea at home in 2020 – on the beaches of the Baltic and North Seas. So the resort Timmendorfer Strand looked like one weekend in July. Access to some beaches had to be periodically blocked due to an oversupply of people wishing to swim in the sea and lie in the sun in the immediate vicinity of the water.

Coronavirus in Germany – 2020

And eggs and joy

During the pandemic, residents of Germany began to have chickens more often as pets – joy for children and fresh eggs for the table. This trend was outlined even before the start of the pandemic, but due to the lockdown and other, so to speak, side effects of the coronavirus, it became even more obvious. These photographs by dpa were taken in September near the home of the Wagner family in Bad Grönenbach, Bavaria.

Coronavirus in Germany – 2020

Coronavirus Bell

Such a bell with a stylized image of the causative agent of coronavirus infection was cast in Germany in the fall for a Gothic temple in the Baden-Württemberg city of Herrenberg. It will replace one of the local old bells, which was damaged during the Second World War and fell into disrepair several years ago.

Coronavirus in Germany – 2020

COVID deniers

Demonstrations of the so-called crown skeptics in different cities of Germany are another side of the pandemic. They consider everything that happens to be a conspiracy. In November, police in Berlin, after repeated warnings, were forced to use water cannons against COVID-deniers who tried to break through to the Reichstag during a parliamentary meeting discussing amendments to the epidemiological protection law.

Coronavirus in Germany – 2020

Smoking virologist

Virologists are heroes of our time. Among German scientists, Professor Christian Drosten from Berlin became especially famous in 2020. One of the traditional craftsmen in the Ore Mountains even decided to dedicate a party of smoking men to the respected virologist – these are Christmas souvenirs with smoking candles.

Coronavirus in Germany – 2020

Plush “Panda-Mia”

“No visitors, but there are 100 pandas for sale.” Such an announcement appeared in December at the entrance to one of the restaurants in Frankfurt, closed to visitors due to a partial coronavirus lockdown. Inside, there was an installation called “Panda-Mie”. Pandas can be bought for 150 euros to support the owner and staff of the restaurant in these difficult times.

Author: Maxim Nelyubin