Coronavirus not yet contained in Germany — Robert Koch institute

Coronavirus not yet contained in Germany — Robert Koch institute

Coronavirus not yet contained in Germany — Robert Koch institute

 A lower number of new coronavirus cases in Germany in recent days is likely due to less testing over Easter and the outbreak is not yet contained, the head of the Robert Koch health institute said on Tuesday. Germany’s number of confirmed coronavirus infections has risen by 2,082 to 125,098, data from the Robert Koch Institute showed earlier on Tuesday, marking the fourth daily decline in the number of new cases. Reported deaths rose by 170 to 2,969. The death rate is far lower than among other countries most affected, but the German authorities remain wary of lifting restrictions on public life. “We can’t speak of containment yet – we still have high numbers each day.

  We are seeing a slowdown,” Robert Koch Institute President Lothar Wieler told a regular news conference. READ ALSO: Germany to tighten up on foreign take-over of strategic companies Urging Germans to wait and remain disciplined with social distancing measures, he estimated the virus reproduction or transmission rate, dubbed “R”, in Germany was about 1.2 – meaning a person with the virus infects 1.2 others on average. “It is really in our interest that this R rate goes below 1, or is at 1. That is an important factor,” Wieler added. In recommendations sent to Chancellor Angela Merkel and state governors on Monday, academics suggested public life may gradually return to normal if certain conditions are met including an infection rate stabilising at a low level. 

 Germany has closed schools, shops, restaurants, playgrounds, and sports facilities, and many companies have shut to aid the fight against the coronavirus. Merkel, who has said the position paper by the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina will be important for her determination on the path forward, will discuss the recommendations with ministers on Tuesday. On Wednesday, she will hold a video conference with the state premiers to discuss a possible path out of the lockdown and how to manage the recession it is expected to cause.

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