Germany proposes to build 19 national reserve centers, what is the purpose of this practice?

On Nov. 30, German Health Minister Jens Schipan announced that the federal government has decided to build 19 national stockpile centers in Germany to avoid the need to respond to health outbreaks like the New Crown.

You can look back at the beginning of this year, when the outbreak of the new crown epidemic in Germany, Germany has been a shortage of medical supplies, at that time, no matter which country is a shortage of medical supplies, are the kind of money can not be procured the dilemma of the situation.

It can be seen that this raging epidemic gave them the lesson that they still need to prepare in advance, so as not to respond to the health crisis a chain of trouble. The German Ministry of Health said that the storage of medical supplies should be masks and other protective equipment, respirators and medicines and other supplies, before the end of 2021 will be the main stockpile of medical supplies have been procured, after which the imported products will be replaced by German domestic products.

It is reported that the federal government will use 1 billion yuan allocated for the construction of the nineteen national medical supplies reserve center, the construction of these reserve centers can provide up to half a year of the country's need for medical supplies, the actual use of at least 1 month of the country's use of the medical supplies to be stocked. This is to alleviate the need for medical supplies in the event of a sudden health crisis. In addition, Germany will exchange the imported medical supplies for nationally produced medical supplies in the future, which will be used to encourage the national enterprises producing the relevant medical supplies to increase their production. The German government also said that it would strengthen its efforts to promote the development of its own enterprises. The German government has also subsequently said that it will strengthen procurement to encourage its own enterprises to produce and learn from the lessons.