BBC News reported that Germany is experiencing it’s 4th COVID-19 surge. One of Germany’s top virologists has warned that a further 100,000 people will die from Covid-19 if nothing’s done to halt an aggressive fourth wave.
On November 10, 2021 the country registered its highest rate of infection since the pandemic began, with almost 40,000 cases in a day. Doctors in the intensive care COVID-19 ward at Leipzig University Hospital warn this fourth wave could be the worst yet.
The state of Saxony has the highest seven-day infection rate in Germany at 459 cases per 100,000 people. The national rate is 232. It also has the lowest take-up of vaccine with just 57% of the population vaccinated. At the start of this week, Saxony banned unvaccinated people from bars, restaurants, public events and sport and leisure facilities. At least several other states are expected to follow suit.
Sixteen million Germans over the age of 12 have not been fully vaccinated. The German government has admitted it’s unlikely to persuade many of those people now. Germany’s anti-vaxxers are furious. Several thousand protested last weekend in Leipzig.