Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Germany will have to prepare for a hard lockdown that will last for months.
A health expert sharply criticizes Angela Merkel's federal government for its corona policy in this situation.
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany
: The number of
Covid-19 cases
is still
very high nationwide
at the beginning of 2021 despite
strict Corona rules
*
and a
tough lockdown
*
.
The
Corona
* lockdown
could still take months - also because the
vaccinations against the
corona
virus are making
slow progress.
A doctor is
now sharply
criticizing the
Corona
* policy
and the
lockdown
* strategy of
the Federal Government of
Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU)
*
.
Munich / Berlin - The
Corona
* policy of
the Federal Government of
Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) *
has been the subject of sometimes sharp criticism for weeks.
From the political opposition in
Berlin
, but also from other senders.
Now a doctor and health expert has followed up on alleged shortcomings in the strategy to
contain the coronavirus *
.
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: Sharp criticism of the federal government's corona policy
"The
epidemic
was triggered by a virus, that's clear," said medical professor Matthias Schrappe of the
picture
and said: "But
politics is responsible
for the high death rates only among the
elderly
and the very
old
."
Schrappe is now not just anyone, but was once the vice-chief of the Advisory Council on Health.
In his opinion, the federal government decided "against expert advice to only rely on
lockdowns
and
to forego
specific
protective measures for the elderly
," Schrappe explained his criticism.
This strategy had "crashed" and the consequences were "catastrophic", the doctor continued.
Corona pandemic in Germany: should Covid-19 risk groups have been better protected?
In his view, the
Covid-19
* risk groups should have been
better protected against the virus and infections.
Merkel had repeatedly emphasized in recent months that she
did not want to exclude
the
risk groups
.
There is now a debate going on about whether this has not allowed them to be adequately protected.
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