The health authorities of Germany notified 446 deaths from Covid-19 this Wednesday, a daily data that was not recorded since the February 20th and that derives from the upward trend in coronavirus infections in recent weeks.
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI), which monitors the evolution of the pandemic in Germany, has confirmed 101,790 deaths from the disease to date, of which a total of 5 million 903,999 cases have been confirmed.
The number of positives has increased by 67,186 compared to Tuesday’s balance and the seven-day incidence rate is around the 443 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, a slight decline for the second day in a row.
The number of deaths, however, is still below half of the peaks that were registered in the second wave, basically due to the vaccination campaign against Covid-19. The authorities trust precisely in extending immunization, since less than 70% of the population you have received the complete guideline.
The future chancellor of Germany, the social democrat Olaf Scholz, advanced on Tuesday that he is in favor of making vaccination against Covid-19 mandatory, which anticipates a possible tightening of measures in this area in the coming weeks, once he takes office. the new tripartite government.
In this context of the worsening epidemiological situation, the German Army has announced that it will mobilize another 4,000 troops to help combat the effects of the pandemic. Currently, there are already 8,000 soldiers deployed to help in these tasks, as indicated by the military institution.
The National Commander of the Territory, Lieutenant General Martin Schelleis, has defended that dealing with the pandemic is the country’s top priority, so the Army will offer “support in this emergency as long as it is needed,” says DPA.
Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx