The new corona virus is now spreading rapidly in Germany. Anne Will deals with the question on ARD on Sunday: "How justified is fear?"
- ARD talk "Anne Will" on Sunday evening, March 8th, from 9.45pm.
- Topic: "Quarantine, hamster purchases, canceled events - how justified is the fear of the coronavirus *?"
- The new Sars-CoV-2 continues to keep the world in suspense. Uncertainty is spreading in Germany with an increasing number of new infections.
Berlin - "Anne Will" is on ARD on Sunday evening, March 8, from 9.45 p.m. on the new virus Sars-CoV-2: "Quarantine, hamster purchases, canceled events - how justified is the fear of the corona virus *? "
In just under a week, around 900 infections (as of Sunday 7:00 p.m.) with the new corona virus * from China were reported in Germany. On Monday, March 2, there were 150 people infected, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported 902 infections on Sunday evening. Scientific experts contradict each other when assessing the danger situation and whether the German health system can handle a massive infection.
The uncertainty leads to insecurity among the population, the Germans have been tending to buy hamsters for a few days. The prices of infectious agents and face masks are rising massively. And just on Sunday, Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn advised to cancel events with more than 1000 participants.
In some federal states , individual schools and day care centers have already been closed. Quarantine measures are intended to contain further spread. In her ARD talk , Anne Will wants to deal with the questions, “How appropriate is this handling of the virus? Doctors are already complaining about shortcomings in medical care. Is the healthcare system armed? And what are the economic consequences? "
"Anne Will" (ARD): These are the guests of the program on Sunday, March 8th:
- Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU) , Minister for Labor, Health and Social Affairs of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Ranga Yogeshwar , science journalist and moderator
- Susanne Herold , professor of infectious diseases of the lungs
- Sibylle Katzenstein , specialist for general medicine and geriatrics
- Marcel Fratzscher , President of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
Today at #AnneWill: quarantine, hamster purchases, canceled events - how justified is the fear of the corona virus? With Karl-Josef Laumann, @RangaYogeshwar, Susanne Herold, Sibylle Katzenstein and @MFratzscher - 9:45 p.m. @dasErste. #Coronavirus https://t.co/QXHsl9cxTa
- ANNE WILL Talk Show (@AnneWillTalk) March 8, 2020In Europe, Italy has been the most severely affected by the new disease Covid-19 *. The death toll increases every day.
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