By the end of winter, “almost every German will be vaccinated, cured or dead” : it is with this shocking formula that the German Minister of Health Jens Spahn darkly warned his fellow citizens of the dangerousness of the Delta variant “very, very contagious”, the spread of which has been wreaking havoc for several weeks. Last week, the country recorded a record of more than 65,000 contaminations per day …
Faced with this 5th wave of Covid-19, of which Europe has once again become the epicenter, the American authorities, after examining the situation in each country, advised their nationals on Monday to avoid traveling to Germany but also to Denmark , also hit hard by this new coronavirus outbreak.
Germany and Denmark ranked by Washington at highest alert level
The US State Department issued two bulletins falling to Level 4, the highest level of warning, its level of alert for these two countries, indicating “a very high level of Covid-19”.
This announcement comes as Europe struggles to stem a new wave of the pandemic, against the backdrop of sometimes violent protests, especially in the Netherlands against health restriction measures.
A vaccination rate that would be too low
In Germany, the vaccination rate is below 70%, which is a lower level than in other European countries such as France, where it reaches 75%.
To counter this wave, neighboring Austria, despite a strong grudge expressed in the streets this weekend, has again confined its population until December 13.
The US State Department had already raised its alert level to level 4 for France in August – since lowered to level 3 – then Switzerland, already because of the increased health risk in the face of the epidemic situation.
(with AFP)
