, a worrying spike for the country. Health officials noted that reporting lags could have inflated this figure. since Chancellor Angela Merkel further loosened lockdown measures on May 7.During that announcement, Merkel pledged to apply an "emergency brake" if the virus was not under control. This is a reimposition of lockdown measures in regions where coronavirus cases occur at more than 5o per 100,000 people for seven days.
Currently, some shops and schools have reopened, furthering a tentative easing of restrictions that hadSome media outlets in Germany say the country intends to relax its border controls, which were earlier imposed to control the spread of the virus, on Saturday,Germany usually has open borders with its neighbors, but at the moment they are either completely closed or heavily restricted,Germany has reported a cumulative total of 171,306 cases of the virus, making it the eighth worst-affected...
It has also seen 7,634 deaths, giving it a low mortality rate compared to other countries with similar outbreaks. This has been attributed to widespread testing — with a capacity of almost 1 million tests per week — and a robust healthcare system,
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The importance of remaining disciplined with physical distancing illustrated in 1 chart.