Germany has flown back 200,000 citizens who were stranded abroad due to Covid-19
4412 Mins Read
Germany has flown back 200,000 citizens who were stranded abroad due to the worsening pandemic. “This was not always easy and there were a few bumps in the road,” said Germany’s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Twitter. “But everyone involved can be proud of this effort.” Another 40,000 German nationals are still waiting to return home, according to the DPA news agency.
Es ist uns gelungen, in 20 Tagen 200.000 Deutsche zurück nach Hause zu holen. Das war nicht immer einfach und hat stellenweise etwas geruckelt, wie man es in dieser schwierigen Zeit auch erwarten kann. Doch auf diese Leistung können alle Beteiligten stolz sein. (1/3) #coronaviruspic.twitter.com/Ut8JsyBUKL
Meanwhile, Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases have risen by 6,082 in the past 24 hours, a slight decrease from the day before, according to data from the government’s Robert Koch Institute (RKI) on Saturday. The reported reduction in new daily cases, which were down from 6,174 new cases a day earlier, could be a sign that the rate of infection is beginning to level off, but the government cautioned it was far too early to identify a trend. Germany now has 85,778 cases, up from 79,696 infections on Friday, with the highest level of infections in Bavaria, according to the RKI statistics. Deaths have increased to 1,158, the RKI said, from 1,017 deaths as of Friday. Lothar Wieler, president of the RKI said late on Friday that the rate of new infections had been brought under control thanks to more comprehensive measures to stop people from congregating in public or at work
