The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Germany has risen to 61,913, including 583 deaths, according to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases.
Moreover, the German government spokesman warned that the virus is spreading too fast for restrictions on public life in Germany to be lifted yet.
It is worth mentioning that the country has tightened curbs on social interactions to try to contain the coronavirus outbreak, banning public gatherings of more than two people.
In a televised statement, Chancellor Angela Merkel said “Our own behavior” is the “most effective way” of slowing the rate of infection.
The measures included the closure of hair, beauty and massage facilities. Other non-essential shops had already been shut down.
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus a global pandemic as the new virus has rapidly spread to more than 121,000 people from Asia to the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.
According to the organization, the number of COVID-19 infections outside China has doubled in the past two weeks, and the number of countries hit by the epidemic has tripled.
“We are very concerned to achieve the alarming levels of the outbreak and its severity, as well as the alarming levels of inaction,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference in Geneva.
More cases of the virus, which causes respiratory disease Covid-19, continue to emerge, with outbreaks in South Korea, Italy, and Iran.
Transmission of virus between humans happens when someone comes into contact with an infected person’s secretions, such as droplets in a cough.
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