ドイツ（Germany 🇩🇪）： More than 65,000 new infections were registered
２０２１年１１月１８日（Thu.）16:00UP ： ドイツも凄まじい数値を出しています。（ニュースソース： DWーDE １１月１８日発 ）
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COVID: Germany shatters another record as Merkel, state leaders to meet
More than 65,000 new infections were registered across the country in 24 hours. Health officials warned that the number is likely double or triple that.
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Authorities have warned that the latest numbers may be an undercount
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Germany broke its own record again on Thursday as it registered 65,000 new coronavirus infections in 24 hours. This is the first time since the pandemic began that the number has been upward of 60,000 in a single day.
At the same time, the head of the country's infectious disease agency the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Lothar Wieler, warned that number could in fact be much higher.
"The under-reporting of the true numbers is increasing," Wieler said during an online discussion with Michael Kretschmer, the state premier of Saxony, which is now the epicenter of the pandemic in Germany.
Wieler said he believes there were "twice or three times as many" cases a day than were actually being reported.
"We are in an emergency. Whoever refuses to see that is making a big mistake."
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Merkel to meet with state premiers
Wieler's words came as Chancellor Angela Merkelwas preparing to meet with all 16 state premiers on Thursday to discuss implementing nationwide measures in an attempt to avoid the uneven restrictions that have been implemented by state and municipal governments throughout the country.
Germany's state of emergency, which has given the federal government tighter control over public health issues, is set to lapse on November 25. The likely future ruling coalition of the Social Democrats (SPD), Green party, and Free Democrats (FDP), had indicated that they would let it expire, despite pleas from state premiers not to do so.
"If we're really going to be successful in breaking this wave, we're not going to be able to do it by just addressing the unvaccinated group," Kretschmer said ahead of the meeting.
es/aw (AFP, dpa, Reuters)
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1日で60,000人超えの新規感染者を出したのはドイツとしては初めてのことです。EUの各国で起きている事象は、何れも共通的な原因によるものなのでしょう。
日本もそれに陥ってはなりません。ワクチン２回接種を終えていたとしても、ブレークスルー感染は容易に起きるものと考え、マスク着用などの基本的な感染防止策は継続すべきです。この冬を乗り越え、治療薬が普及してくれば、この長い戦いからも脱することが可能だろうと考えています。
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