Germany’s Scholz sees no COVID-related school closures, lockdowns
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany won’t shut colleges and non-essential companies once more if the COVID-19 an infection price rises once more later this yr however protecting masks would play a much bigger function, Chancellor Olaf Scholz informed broadcaster ARD on Sunday.
The an infection price in Germany has been on the rise for the previous month, reaching near 700 new circumstances per 100,000 residents this week, after falling beneath 200 in late Could, however Scholz mentioned that vaccinations ought to assist restrict what measures might be wanted to curb the unfold of the virus.
“There shouldn’t be college closures once more, and I additionally do not suppose that we’ll want the type of lockdowns we had a number of instances within the final couple of years,” he informed ARD in an interview.
“However I consider you could anticipate that masks will play a much bigger function once more within the autumn and winter than they do now,” he added.
Scholz, who has up to now not been contaminated with COVID-19, mentioned he would advocate that anybody over 60 years of age ought to search a fourth shot of COVID-19 vaccine, as he had.
“Perhaps the truth that I’ve been vaccinated 4 instances is the rationale that it (an an infection) hasn’t occurred,” he mentioned.
(Reporting by Sarah Marsh; Writing by Maria Sheahan; Enhancing by Ludwig Burger)
