Because of the drastically increasing corona numbers in Germany, the catastrophe warning system Katwarn is now being triggered.
That was no longer the case in the coronavirus pandemic.
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany
: Because of the high
corona numbers
,
Katwarn is
now even being triggered
.
The
Katwarn system
usually warns of natural disasters, extreme
weather
phenomena or when bombs are deactivated.
Katwarn
now reports a special case and warns about the risk of serious
Covid-19
diseases
.
Munich / Bonn - Politicians had warned, virologists anyway: The dangerous
corona
virus
spreads unchecked in
Germany
in autumn in a
second corona wave
.
Covid 19 alarm: Corona case numbers in Germany rise to over 5000 a day
Specifically: According to the daily report of the
Robert Koch Institute
, the
RKI
had
5,132
new coronavirus infections
within 24 hours on Wednesday, October 14th
registered.
For comparison: On March 28, at the height of the
corona lockdown
, it was according to the
ARD Tagesschau
6294 new cases in one day.
Press conference by Chancellor #Merkel, @RegBerlin Müller and Prime Minister @Markus_Soeder after the conversation with the heads of government of the federal states on the #Corona situation - live in a few minutes: https://t.co/IAPNgq4rnZ
- Steffen Seibert (@RegSsprecher) October 14, 2020
Politicians reacted on a historic October 14th:
Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU)
and the state leaders around
Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU)
decided on strict
corona rules (here at a glance)
for autumn and winter.
Even more: even
Katwarn
triggered.
Because of the coronavirus: Katwarn triggers in Germany - that has not existed in the Covid 19 pandemic for a long time
By definition,
Katwarn is
a warning and information system that
informs the population affected
in
Germany
in the event of disasters and dangerous situations such as major fires, power outages or bombs.
But:
Katwarn
is also used in pandemics.
This had
not been the case for a long time
in the global
corona crisis
.
The "special case" of the national warning center in Bonn (report from October 14th, 4:35 pm) thus once again illustrates the seriousness of the situation in the Federal Republic.
The report said: “The number of
people infected
with the
coronavirus
is currently increasing sharply.
There is therefore a growing risk of the infection spreading further and - depending on the individual case - also of serious illnesses. "(Pm)