October 16, 2022 8:48 pm
German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach.
[Rete d’oltremare]According to the Associated Press, after 16 German states saw new cases of new crowns, German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach urged these regions to strengthen epidemic prevention measures and required people to wear masks indoors.
Lauterbach said this measure has largely disappeared in Germany, except for the requirement to wear masks on public transport, medical institutions and nursing homes: “The sooner you brake, the better.”
Germany recorded over 114,000 new coronavirus cases and 165 new deaths on the last day. Lauterbach said the actual number of new cases could be three to four times the known figure, because many positive tests for COVID-19 have never been reported to the government.
Lauterbach said the increase in the number of new crown cases in Bavaria was related to the recent Oktoberfest in Munich. Organizers should have done more to limit the spread of the virus, such as offering or imposing on-site Covid-19 tests for tourists.
