Germany and Netherlands They have been told that they should face stricter Covid restrictions because German Health Minister Jens Spahn has made a startling prediction that most of his compatriots will “vaccinate, cure or die” at the end of winter.
As Europe becomes the epicenter of the pandemic again, stricter controls will be imposed on unvaccinated people across the African continent on Monday Austria It became the first Western European country to re-enter a lockdown since it started vaccination earlier this year.
Tighter rules have caused conflicts Belgium In the Netherlands, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte described the rioters as “idiots”, while his Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Kro said such violence was “absolutely unacceptable.”
“Maybe by the end of winter, more or less everyone Germany Will be vaccinated, cured or dead,” Spann said. “It sounds cynical, but it’s reality. The outgoing Prime Minister Angela Merkel (Angela Merkel) said that stricter restrictions are needed.
“We are in a very dramatic situation. What is not enough right now,” Merkel told her center-right CDU leader.Approximately 68% of Germans and 66% of Austrians are fully vaccinated, the lowest in the west Europe.
Eastern European countries have even lower vaccination rates. Their mortality rate is the highest in the world. Hospitals in Bulgaria and Romania are overcrowded.
In the past 24 hours, Germany has confirmed more than 38,000 new cases, and the sharp increase in the past few weeks has brought the intensive care unit close to saturation. The worst-hit areas have been ordered to close, including the Christmas market.
In Austria, the seven-day Covid incidence rate reached a record 1,110 per 100,000 people, prompting the government to tell people to work from home as much as possible, and to close cafes, restaurants, bars, theaters and non-essential shops for at least 10 days.