Germany was the original poster child for coronavirus management. One expert warns of rising fatalities in Germany after it now records close to 50,000 Covid cases daily.

Germany is experiencing what can be described as a fourth wave Covid. As the cold weather continues to drop, the delta variant spreads. Thursday marked the fourth consecutive day of a new daily record, Reuters reported, as the total number of cases reached 50,196.

The data comes from the nation’s health authority. the Robert Koch InstituteThe report showed that Germany now has 4.89 Million cases and that there are 97,198 fatalities.

These data are alarming for German officials as well as public health specialists.

Angela Merkel, outgoing Chancellor has requested a meeting of state premiers in order to address the Covid crisis. Her chief spokesman Steffen Seibert said on Wednesday that the virus was “spreading dramatically” and that a “quick and unified response” was required.

Christian Drosten (a German leading virologist) called for immediate action. Drosten warned the nation that 100,000 people could die from the virus in the absence of any measures to stop its spread.

Speaking on the NDR podcast, Drosten said that 100,000 deaths was a “conservative estimate” and that “we have a real emergency situation at the moment” with millions of Germans still unvaccinated.

Although covid vaccines have been shown clinically to reduce severe infections, hospitalizations, and deaths caused by the virus in large numbers, immunity to the vaccine is not known to diminish after six months. there have been some “breakthrough” infections among the vaccinated.

German legislators, who were focusing on the formation of a new government through coalition negotiations, met earlier this week. September’s inconclusive electionThe draft bill was proposed by. There are plans to reinstate free Covid-19 testing, which was discontinued recently, and daily mandatory testing for care home employees and visitors, as well as other measures. reported by Deutsche Welle

While lawmakers generally oppose a new lockdown, some states that are permitted to set their own restrictions have reinstated Covid rules.

Germany was lauded for its initial response to the Covid pandemicThe country had a highly skilled healthcare system that prevented widespread deaths and cases. It also has a well-designed test and trace program. Its pandemic response to the outbreak was much more effective than those of Western European countries like France or Italy.

Germany is not like the rest of Europe in that it started slowly with its vaccination campaign and had to contend with stubborn vaccine doubters. Up until now, only 69.8% has been vaccinated against the disease and only 67.3% have had their shots.

This compares to 79.8% of the U.K. population over the age of 12 that is now fully vaccinated.

The recent spike in Covid cases in Germany has been attributed to Germany’s lower vaccination rates. Politicians have called for an increase to immunization campaigns.

Last week, Germany’s Health Minister Jens Spahn said: “we are currently experiencing a pandemic mainly among the unvaccinated and it is massive,” a sentiment echoed by Lothar Wieler, the president of the Robert Koch Institute.

Olaf Scholz (Mrs. Merkel’s possible successor) stated Thursday that German vaccination clinics should be reopened as a way to promote more people getting vaccinated.

“The virus remains amongst us, threatening citizens’ healthcare,” Scholz (the finance minister and candidate for chancellor) said to the parliament. Reuters reports.

Germany has the largest economy in Europe. In 2020, Germany was placed under lockdown to stop the spread of the disease. The country is also currently suffering from supply chain problems.

CNBC interviewed Volker Wieland about his endowed chair for monetary economics in Germany at the Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability.

We don’t expect any major consequences for this winter, given all the vaccines that we have at our disposal and the regulations in place to make the economy and the industry work. “So far, the government hasn’t said that they want to impose new restrictions on service sector,” he stated in Germany to CNBC’s Annette Weisbach.

He explained that the primary trigger for slowing down in the services sector is severe retail lockdowns, as well as restrictions on schools and areas like restaurants and hotels.

Germany isn’t the only country to see a rise in the number of cases. France has also seen a spike in Covid. This was largely due to the expansion of the far. more virulent delta variant. France’s Health Minister Olivier Veran stated Wednesday that the country is in the midst of a fifth pandemic wave.

The U.K. has seen its cases increase rapidly over the past summer but is starting to see their numbers drop. Still, Wednesday saw almost 40K new cases each day.