Germany's successful response to the first wave of COVID-19 meant it became harder to control the virus later on, the head of its public health agency said Thursday.People aren't taking social distancing guidelines and quarantine seriously enough, and hospitals are reaching breaking point, Lothar Wieler, head of the Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases , said.
According to Wieler, some people didn't know anyone who was infected by COVID-19, which made it harder for them to comprehend the scale of the pandemic. Others denied the virus' existence. He called this a "prevention paradox." Throughout November, the country reported between 11,000 and 23,000 new cases a day. On December 2, Germany registered 22,000 new positive cases, a similar number to the day before.
As of Thursday morning, Germany had reported more than 1.1 million cases of COVID-19, according to RKI data. Among these were 17,602 deaths.COVID-19 threatens to create a 'lockdown generation' in Europe: Here's why young people could be the ones paying for yet another crisis
Ginger_Lyn_66 Leadership. Exactly what the Republican party & its owner, Donald Trump, have not been able to deliver for 4 yrs, including 2020, when our country has dealt with its most devastating crisis in 100 yrs.And yet, some voted for them, even people who lost loved ones during this time.
If Germany dealt with it so well, why are cases stagnating at a high level even with lockdown in place? This same RKI (CDC) is the same one who called masks useless at the beginning and advised against wearing them...