Alert to increase of covid-19 in Europe 1:00
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"The calls for covid in Germany have not reached everyone," Acting Health Minister Jens Spahn told reporters at a news conference on health in Berlin.
Spahn urged that "if decisive action is not taken now, there will be drastic action in the coming weeks."
The Health Minister said Germany must do more to tackle record levels of infections.
Last week, outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that the country was limiting public access to the unvaccinated.
"We need a massive reduction in contacts between people immediately," reiterated the director of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Lothar Wieler at the same press conference. "The number of patients in the ICU is increasing rapidly." Wieler said that In some covid-19 hotspot areas, patient transfers to other areas have started due to overloaded ICUs.
Covid-19 Cases in Germany Hit a New Record;
the situation is 'dramatic', warns Merkel
German Health Minister Jens Spahn shows a sheet with graphs on the capacity of intensive care units (ICUs), during a press conference on the situation of the coronavirus pandemic in Germany, in Berlin on November 26 2021. (Credit: TOBIAS SCHWARZ / AFP via Getty Images)
Covid cases on the rise in Germany
Germany broke the record for daily covid-19 infections on Friday with 76,414 new cases in a single day.
On Tuesday, Germany registered 75,961 cases of covid-19.
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More than 100,000 people have died as a result of the coronavirus in Germany, according to RKI data.
The country reported 357 new deaths related to covid-19 from Thursday to Friday.
According to the RKI, the country's seven-day incidence rate has also reached new record levels, rising to 438.2 cases per 100,000 people.
The new total of covid-19 cases in Germany is now 5,650,170.
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