Covid 19 in Germany

The small town of Heinsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia became the country’s first coronavirus hotspot after a cluster of infections were reported. On March 8th 2020, the first death linked to COVID-19 was registered. Two days later, the virus was reported in all of Germany’s 16 federal states. The German government issued worldwide travel warnings and closed its borders for people coming from countries that are not part of the European Union. On March 22nd 2020, the first partial lockdown was issued for the country and people started getting used to working from home and attending online school. Unlike other countries, Germany’s health system more or less holds up. Soon enough, Germany came up with vaccines for adults and young children. Then, the second wave came, a number of new infections were running at 1000 per day and by mid-September the numbers had doubled. Berlin imposed a curfew and in November 2020, a new package of measures known as lockdown light was announced. Meetings in public were limited to maximum 10 people, but yet the schools were open. Then the third wave came on January 6th 2021, the German government saw no alternative to the next strict lockdown. The lockdown begins to have an impact, and toward the summer the number of infections fall, and once again step-by-step the restrictions were removed. Next came the fourth wave in June 2021, and the government promised that all German residents will have the opportunity to get vaccinated. Currently in Germany, there are 2,072,817 active covid cases and there have been 118,527 deaths. In Germany’s capital Berlin, there are 130,000 cases, which is 1 in every 30 inhabitants. Now, 73.9% of the people in Germany are fully vaccinated with 2 doses.