The coronavirus epidemic in Germany raises many questions. How many people are infected at all? The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in Berlin is now starting a study to find answers.
- The corona virus determines life in Germany.
- The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in Berlin publishes figures about the corona situation every day, tries to monitor the infection process closely. Studies should provide more insights.
- Here you will find the basic facts about the corona virus * and the corona news from Germany. You can also find current case numbers in Germany as a map.
Update from May 19, 1:27 pm : In Bavaria in the Rosenheim district, the RKI team then tests the municipality of Bad Feilnbach. The place in Upper Bavaria is known for its moor areas.
Update from May 19, 11:07 am : The press conference has ended. The examinations in Kupferzell are planned until June 6. The RKI wants to present the results within six weeks. When the RKI study in the district of Rosenheim starts is initially unclear.
Coronavirus in Germany: RKI also starts study in Rosenheim
Update from May 19, 10:57 am : "We will investigate four other locations," says Dr. Thomas Lampert. Also Rosenheim (Bavaria) belong to this. A total of 8,000 adults in Germany are expected to take part in the RKI study entitled "Corona Monitoring Local". Kupferzell is the first site of the planned study.
Update from May 19, 10:53 am : Mayor Christoph Spieles is pleased that the Robert Koch Institute chose copper cells. He hoped all citizens would participate in the study. "The study is extremely important for all of us," Mayor Spieles emphasizes. The result is exciting. It is a very special study.
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Update from May 19, 10:49: According to RKI , the aim of the study is to find out how many people have already produced antibodies against the novel coronavirus.
Furthermore, the aim is to investigate how high the proportion of infections without symptoms of the disease is, which people are more frequently affected by the disease Covid-19 and how often the disease is so severe that people need to be treated in the hospital or in the intensive care unit.
Update from May 19, 10:40 am : PCR tests and antibody tests are to be carried out in copper cells, says Dr. Thomas Lampert Head of the Department for Epidemiology and Health Monitoring at the RKI.
As in the "Gangelt study" in the district of Heinsberg *, the focus is on the infection in Kupferzell. 2000 residents are to be examined within the scope of the study. The test subjects were chosen randomly, but are supposed to show a cross-section of the population. According to Lampert, however, the result is not transferable to the whole of Germany.
Thomas Lampert from the Robert Koch Institute informed about the start of the study "Corona Monitoring Local".
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RKI examines Corona hotspot: virus outbreak after church concert
Update from May 19, 10:34 am : The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) presented a special study on the subject of coronavirus. An RKI team examines the infection in the municipality of Kupferzell (Baden-Württemberg). The study is reminiscent of the Heinsberg study (NRW). The first Corona case occurred in Kupferzell on March 5th. Then the place in the Hohenlohe district developed into a hotspot. After a church concert, Kupferzell had a particularly large outbreak of corona.
Coronavirus in Germany: RKI presents a special study
Berlin - Scientists from all over the world are currently trying to find out everything about the novel coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 . Researchers are feverishly looking for a vaccine against the virus. Because some infections with the coronavirus are difficult. Patients must be ventilated to hospital or intensive care unit due to the effects of Covid-19. Some corona people, on the other hand, have no symptoms or hardly feel anything.
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) admits on its website how many people in Germany are or were actually infected with the corona virus. In order to shed light on the dark, the RKI is launching a large-scale study entitled "Corona Monitoring Local".
- How common are infections with the new coronavirus Sars-CoV-2?
- What is the proportion of infections that develop without symptoms of the disease?
- How many people have antibodies to Sars-CoV-2 detected or how many people have already had an infection?
- Which people are more likely to be infected with Sars-CoV-2?
- How often is Covid-19 respiratory disease so severe that people need to be treated in the hospital or intensive care unit?
- How should previous measures to contain the pandemic be assessed?
Coronavirus: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) starts study in Germany.
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