Angela Merkel has again appealed to Germans in her video podcast because of the rising corona numbers.
The next day she drew a gloomy scenario.
Angela Merkel will
use her
video podcast
again on Saturday for an urgent appeal.
The
corona pandemic situation
has "worsened".
Some
health authorities
can no longer keep up with seamless contact tracking.
Update from October 25, 7.47 p.m
.: The
corona situation
in
Germany
is serious.
Chancellor
Angela Merkel
(CDU) made this clear once again on Saturday in a video appeal (see first report).
Recently, daily new infections in the five-digit range were the rule rather than the exception, which is why countermeasures urgently need to be taken.
How long the
pandemic
will accompany
Germany is
still unclear.
According to
Merkel,
the current situation will last even longer.
On Sunday, the Chancellor is said to have struck extremely warning tones in an interview with the CDU parliamentary group leader.
As the
Bild
reports,
Merkel
said
: "We are facing very, very difficult months."
Before the upcoming Prime Minister's Conference at the end of October, she “doesn't have a good feeling” because “it can't go on like this.” Meanwhile,
Jens Spahn
(CDU)
hit a similar notch over the weekend
.
The
health
minister
infected
with
Covid-19
made it clear: "It's serious."
Coronavirus appeal: Merkel turns to Germany - in an unusual way
First report from October 24th
: Berlin - FDP general secretary
Volker Wissing
wanted a televised address from
Angela Merkel
(CDU *)
via Twitter on Thursday
because of the ongoing pandemic in Germany, Europe and the world.
But Merkel chooses a different way this Saturday as well: As every week, she communicates via her
social media channels
.
Perhaps she would like to reach more young people who do not watch TV that often, but who still make up a large part of the current
corona infections
*.
In her video message she once again makes it clear what the
key
message was last week
: According to Merkel, the order of the day for everyone is: “
Reduce
contacts
.
Meet a lot fewer people. ”She speaks emphatically to her audience through the camera, insistently.
You'd think she'd like to repeat her message a thousand times more so that everyone really understands her.
Corona: Angela Merkel refers to the situation in the health authorities
Check out this post on Instagram
The number of corona infections continues to rise rapidly.
But we are not powerless against the virus.
What everyone can and should do now: Reduce contacts and meet fewer people.
Chancellor Merkel in an unusual podcast:
A post shared by Angela Merkel (@bundeskanzlerin) on Oct 24, 2020 at 1:12 am PDT
Because compared to last week, "the
pandemic situation
has worsened." There are more places with so many infections that "the
health authorities
can no longer keep up
with the
contact tracing
." The Mayor of Cologne,
Henriette Reker
, spoke only on Friday
(non-party), about their situation with the follow-up in the city.
It is no longer possible to identify and inform all contact persons.
At the same time, Angela Merkel tries
to keep up
the
courage
: “We are not powerless against the virus.
Our
behavior
determines how strongly and how quickly it spreads. ”You will
meet
the
challenge
if everyone
adheres
to the
hygiene rules
.
Angela Merkel in the corona pandemic: "What I said to you last week applies to me"
The
Chancellor
*
continued: “I know, one actually expects politicians to keep finding new words.
But for me what I told you last week still applies word for word. ”And that's why she calls on you to look again at her communication of October 17th
and to play
it to
friends
and acquaintances.
Because, as she said in the old clip: "Now there are important months ahead of us." The coming days would determine how we
celebrate
winter
and
Christmas
.
Chancellor Merkel is also repeatedly praised internationally for such haunting words.
Other countries look at the German numbers, which are often lower than in other countries in
Europe
or other continents.
But even in this country there was a new
record high number of new infections
on Saturday
: the Robert Koch Institute reported over 14,000 cases within 24 hours.
The number of
deaths
related to corona disease exceeded 10,000.
* Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.