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Germany Sees Drop in Daily Coronavirus Cases


Sun 28 Jun 2020 | 11:37 AM
NaDa Mustafa

The number of confirmed Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Germany has risen to 193499 Sunday including 8957 deaths, according to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases.

RKI added that the number of cases rose by 256, compared with the previous day, and the death toll climbed by 3.

Germany has decided to reopen all schools and shops after weeks of shutdown imposed to curb the spread of the emerging coronavirus.

Yet, the premier of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia said on Tuesday he was putting the Guetersloh area back into lockdown until June 30 after a coronavirus outbreak at a meatpacking plant there.

Guetersloh is the first area in Germany to go back into lockdown after the authorities began gradually lifting restrictive measures at the end of April.

State premier Armin Laschet, who had led calls for Germany to ease lockdown measures, said bars, museums, galleries, cinemas, sports halls, gyms and swimming pools in Guetersloh would be closed, and picnics and barbeques prohibited. About 360,000 people live in Guetersloh.

“This is a limited measure of caution. We will lift the measure as soon as possible, when we have certainty about the safety of the infection,” Laschet told a news conference. “It is a preventative measure.”

It is worth mentioning that, 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.

More cases of the virus, which causes respiratory disease COVID-19, continue to emerge, with outbreaks in South Korea, Italy, and Iran.

People across the globe partake in self-isolation for 14 days as an effective precautionary measure to protect those around them and themselves from contracting COVID-19.

Transmission of virus between humans happens when someone comes into contact with an infected person’s secretions, such as droplets in a cough.

It can also be transmitted by coming into contact with something an infected person has touched and then touching your mouth, nose, or eyes.