Глава Минздрава ФРГ назвал смерть от COVID-19 альтернативой вакцинации

The HEAD of the German Ministry of HEALTH called death from covid-19 an alternative to vaccination, having been ill or vaccinated, either Jens Spahn will die

The head of the German Ministry of Health, Jens Spahn, said that over the coming months, in connection with the spread of the delta strain of CORONAVIRUS, the vast majority of Germans will either have to be vaccinated, or get sick, or die, reports The Local.

“Probably by the end of this winter, as it is sometimes cynically said, almost everyone in Germany will either be vaccinated, or cured, or dead,” the minister said. Spahn emphasized that in Germany "the situation is very, very difficult in many hospitals." "That's why we strongly recommend vaccination," he added.

In recent weeks, the incidence of COVID-19 in Germany has been breaking records, according to WHO data. On November 18, 65 thousand new cases of the disease were immediately recorded in the country - the maximum since the beginning of the pandemic. The rapid increase in the number of infected in Germany began in mid-October. At the same time, the daily number of deaths from COVID-19 in Germany, although growing in recent weeks, is far from the values ​​of the first waves of the epidemic.

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In total, 1390 deaths from coronavirus infection were recorded in Germany last week. At the peak of the epidemic, in January 2021, more than 6,000 people died every week from COVID-19 in the country. According to the Robert Koch Institute, among those who die between the ages of 18 and 59, the proportion of fully vaccinated does not exceed 23.1%. The proportion of those who are fully vaccinated in intensive care units in Germany is approximately 13%. At the same time, 67% of the population in the country completed the full course of vaccination, and another 2.5% received at least one dose of the vaccine.