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Coronavirus plain text: Merkel on alert - "We are facing very, very difficult months"

2020-10-25T18:59:51.806Z


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 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.

Source: merkur

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