The Chancellor assures that there is no division in society due to vaccinations.
New German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that he does not rule out the introduction of a Christmas lockdown in the country.
Deutsche Welle reports this with reference to Bild am Sonntag.
“This pandemic showed us well that there should be no red lines. We must always be ready to rethink if circumstances call for it … Just now the federal and state governments have taken very tough measures. We will check daily how they are being implemented, and also enough whether this “, – said the head of the German government in an interview with Bild am Sonntag, published on Sunday, December 12.
It is noted that Scholz did not categorically and exclude the possibility of a lockdown in the country for the Christmas and New Year holidays.
Deutsche Welle reports that the average coronavirus infection rate in Germany fell below 400 cases per week in per 100 thousand population. According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), as of Sunday, December 12, it averaged 390.9 cases in Germany. The decline has been going on since the end of November. This indicator reached its peak value on November 29, amounting to 452.4 cases.
German health authorities have registered 32,646 new cases of COVID-19 infection in the last 24 hours. Over the past 24 hours, the RKI has received information about 132 deaths. In total, since the beginning of the pandemic, in Germany 6 million 509 thousand 863 cases of the disease have been recorded , 105 thousand 638 people have died .
