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German Labor Minister Hubertus Heil (left) during a visit to a restaurant in Berlin last week. HANNIBAL HANSCHKE / REUTERS Breaking the chain of infections by all possible means, including analogues, is a fundamental part of the German strategy to prevent the exponential spread of the virus and what better way to avoid unwanted infections than in places where so many different people meet several times a day : bars and restaurants . Since opening to the public in mid-May - the date varies depending on each federated state or land - establishments have a series of forms that customers are required to fill out so that, if an infection is detected in the premises, they can Contact them quickly and cut the chain of infections outside the restaurant. This simple measure, mandatory in 11 states and recommended in another 4 , has proven to be one of the best first bullets against outbreaks . Of course, the measure has had its controversy.
The most skeptical call it an invasion of customer privacy , even more so when the police have access to that data in an intrusive way. Strict perimeter confinement A public pool in Madrid, during the coronavirus pandemic Perhaps the main difference between Germany and Spain is the existence of a unitary strategy in the fight against the pandemic. During the state of alarm, the response C Level Contact List against the coronavirus was coordinated and managed by the central government through the Ministry of Health, but now each autonomous community is independent when evaluating its level of risk or the measures it must take . In Germany, on the other hand, all länder are governed by the same threshold: if more than 50 new infections are recorded per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 7 days, that territory is considered high risk .
Then the closures begin. Read more: Epidemiologists warn of the risk of an explosion of infections The difference between both countries, according to data from El Confidencial , reaches such a point that, if Teutonic regulations are applied, in Spain there should be more than 70 cities with more than 25,000 inhabitants under perimeter confinement , as are Aranda de Duero (Burgos). or Totana (Murcia). This is on the low side, since in reality there would be quite a few more than 70. To date, communities such as Aragón, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Galicia and Navarra do not provide data in this regard, so any population above the limit in these regions is, for the moment, unknown in the eyes of COVID-19 monitoring - although it is known that they exceed the contagion threshold, as is the case in Zaragoza -. Test at airports and monitoring of risk countries These are the new security rules at airports Reuters All airports in Germany are required to set up rapid COVID-19 diagnostic testing centers not only for those returning home, but for all passengers who want to enter the country.