{"id":118991,"date":"2021-04-17T12:26:16","date_gmt":"2021-04-17T04:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=118991"},"modified":"2021-04-17T12:26:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T04:26:18","slug":"covid-19-germany-nears-daily-infections-record-amid-calls-for-urgent-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=118991","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19: Germany nears daily infections record amid calls for urgent action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/world\/Germany-nears-daily-infections-record-amid-calls-for-urgent-action-1234795?gallery=1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/107\/10750625.295.jpg\" alt=\"Germany's highest ever daily count was 33,777, in December\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Germany&#8217;s highest ever daily count was 33,777, in December<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BERLIN, April 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; With the number of new coronavirus infections per day approaching its highest-ever levels, Germany officials and doctors are calling for rapid action to stem a third wave of the pandemic.<br><br>On Thursday morning, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for disease control reported 29,426 new infections over the past 24 hours &#8211; some 9,000 more than a week ago.<br><br>Germany&#8217;s highest ever daily count was 33,777, in December.<br><br>Health Minister Jens Spahn said that &#8220;every day counts&#8221; in the fight against the virus. The head of the RKI, Lothar Wielen, said &#8220;it is clear, we must act now.&#8221;<br><br>National legislation termed an &#8220;emergency brake&#8221; has been approved by the Cabinet, but has hit opposition among lawmakers, and could take another week to pass through parliament.<br><br>The situation is more critical in Germany&#8217;s intensive care units, where the number of patients with Covid-19 has been on the rise since mid-March.<br>Divi, an association of intensive care medicine, predicted that a previous record of 6,000 patients will be reached again this month. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany&#8217;s highest ever daily count was 33,777, in December BERLIN, April 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; With the number of new coronavirus infections per day approaching its highest-ever levels, Germany officials and doctors are calling for rapid action to stem a third wave of the pandemic. On Thursday morning, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for disease control [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":118993,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[209],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118991"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/118993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}