The number of coronavirus cases is once again on the rise in Germany just days after the country began easing lockdown measures, according to Saturday’s report from the country’s public health agency.
according to Saturday’s report from the country’s public health agency.
The Robert Koch Institute , Germany’s federal disease control and prevention agency, said in its daily bulletin Saturday that the country’s reproduction rate, which measures the number of people each confirmed COVID-19 patient now infects, has risen to 1.1, Reuters reported. Once the figure exceeds 1, that means the number of cases nationwide is on the rise.FILE PHOTO: People enjoy sun on boats, on the Landwehrkanal, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease , in Berlin, Germany, May 9, 2020.
Despite its large caseload, Germany has kept the death toll far lower than in other European nations stricken with the virus in part due to widespread, early testing, lockdown measures and its well-funded and operated health care system, according to Reuters.announced Wednesday the country would begin easing its lockdown restrictions, allowing shops to reopen and school children to gradually return to classrooms.
More than 3,000 protesters – flouting social distancing measures – gathered peacefully in Munich on Saturday accusing the government and medical professional of inciting panic and prolonging the lockdown to infringe on their rights, German broadcasterAt least 131 people were arrested after two separate protests in Berlin were broken up by police after some demonstrators began throwing bottles at officers,Police said another 23-year-old man was arrested in the western city of Dortmund after...
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