Fully vaccinated Germany breaks Covid-19 infection record

Fully vaccinated Germany breaks Covid-19 records! Germany recorded
more than 100,000 new COVID-19 infections within one day for the
first time since April, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious
diseases said on Tuesday, News.Az (https://bit.ly/3zH9XL6) reports
citing Xinhua. 
Germany's national seven-day rate per 100,000 inhabitants more than
doubled during the last week to around 447, according to the RKI. In
March, the incidence peaked at around 1,700 as a result of the
Omicron wave.
Germany's national seven-day rate per 100,000 inhabitants more than
doubled during the last week to around 447, according to the RKI. In
March, the incidence peaked at around 1,700 as a result of the
Omicron wave.
"A summer wave was to be expected," said Minister of Health Karl
Lauterbach on Twitter Tuesday. "Voluntary wearing of masks indoors
and a fourth vaccination are the best antidotes."
Most COVID-19 restrictions in Germany have been relaxed. It is one
of the last countries in the European Union to drop restrictions for
entering from an EU member state for the summer months.
This comes at a time when the two more contagious Omicron subvariants
BA.5 and BA.4 are on the rise. Within a week, the share of BA.5 in
Germany doubled to 10 percent, according to the RKI's latest weekly
report.
"In all likelihood, these two sublines will spread more widely, so
that there may also be an overall increase in the number of
infections and a renewed increase in infection pressure on vulnerable
groups of people as early as summer," the RKI warned.
Lauterbach is planning for a renewed COVID-19 vaccination campaign
in preparation for "all eventualities" in the fall. The country is to
spend 830 million euros (867.5 million U.S. dollars) in the
procurement of a new COVID-19 vaccine that protects against
different variants of the virus.
So far, at least 76 percent of the German population has received
basic immunization. Around 60 percent have also got at least one
booster vaccination, according to official figures.