Covid today Germany, Robert Koch Institute calls for more restrictions

Against the fourth wave of covid infections, new restrictions are needed in Germiania, wide restrictions on public life to try to contain the spread of the coronavirus. This is the ” urgent ” appeal that comes from the Robert Koch Institute (Rki), the institute in charge of monitoring the progress of the pandemic in Germany, after having recorded a record incidence of Covid-19 on 236.7 people every 100 thousand. The health institute asks that ” major events be canceled or banned where possible ”. And that “all other non-essential contacts are reduced”. A joint press conference by the Minister of Health Jens Spahn and the president of Rki Lothar Wieler is scheduled for the next few hours, as anticipated by the Dpa. In Germany, hit by a fourth wave of the pandemic, more than 4.9 million cases of coronavirus have been confirmed since the outbreak of the health crisis. In the last 24 hours, 48,640 infections have been confirmed, while 191 people have lost their lives due to complications.