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2022: Morbidity records and multiple deaths
The number of cases of coronavirus infection in Germany by March 14, 2022 for the third day in a row reaches a record level, and a new surge in incidence forced the country's top health official to issue a dark warning about "numerous deaths."
2021
4th wave
In early November 2021, the fourth wave of the pandemic affects Europe - Germany for the second day in a row reports record rates of infection with the Covid-19 virus.
On November 5, the number of cases increased by 37,120, and the seven-day incidence rate rose to 169.9, exceeding the peak achieved during the third wave in the spring.
In Germany, they stopped paying benefits to those who lost their jobs who did not get vaccinated against coronavirus
On September 22, 2021, the ministry health care Germany announced that the government would no longer pay benefits to those who lost their jobs who had not been vaccinated against coronavirus. COVID-19 The move could help boost the country's vaccination campaign.
We are talking about people who are forced to be in quarantine after contact with an infected person or after returning to Germany from a high-risk country. People in such situations who are not vaccinated will no longer be eligible for subsidies from the state.
Minister of Health Jens Spahn noted that vaccination in Germany remains completely voluntary, but from September 2021, a person with this decision will also have responsibility for financial consequences.
The announcement of the end of subsidies by November 1, 2021 followed a report that the highly publicized national vaccination campaign did not lead to a significant increase in the number of vaccinations.
As of September 23, 2021, 67% of the German population received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine. The latest spike in the number of cases of the virus in the country peaked in early September 2021.
Such a policy is not the first measure for the German government, because the action of the Ministry of Health is aimed at discouraging people from remaining unvaccinated. In August 2021, authorities announced that Germany was discontinuing a program that allows any German resident to take an antigen test for free. Unvaccinated people must present a negative test result in order to get to public establishments such as restaurants, gyms and hairdressers, and starting from October 12, 2021, German citizens will have to pay for tests on their own.[1]
2020: In Germany, 67% of citizens would agree to vaccination against COVID-19
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