Germany facing a new corona lockdown: study examines measures - one aspect that points the way

Germany is facing the next (partial) lockdown.

The level of knowledge is different this time than in spring.

How is the efficiency of the corona measures?

• Germany is

  entering the

  corona lockdown

  for the second time

  : Which

  measures

  are most useful?

• Scottish scientists present an

  evaluation from 131 countries

  - with regard to the

  R-value

  .

• Accordingly, a

  ban on public events has

  the greatest effect.

• This does not apply to

  other aids to contain the risk of infection with

  Sars-CoV-2 *

  .

Edinburgh / Berlin - In view of the high number of

in autumn 2020, Germany is facing a new lockdown.

Compared to the spring of this year, however, the federal government is planning a weaker version ("Lockdown Light") with the aim of enabling the population to celebrate Christmas with the family despite the pandemic.

As an alternative, the political leadership apparently fears that, in the worst case, a

with friends and relatives will be necessary

the turn of the year

.

Therefore, nationwide measures to contain the

announced

on Wednesday (October 28)

, which should apply for the entire November in the hope of

curbing

the infection process with

.

So what is the point of paralyzing public life as much as possible?

Corona lockdown: which measures are effective in containing the risk of infection?

The level of knowledge about the effectiveness of a lockdown can now be analyzed using empirical values.

A study by Scottish researchers published in the journal “Lancet” examined the

of a total of 131 countries - and

evaluated

the corresponding corona measures with regard to their

.

Here eight aids were

examined

between

that were used to come to terms with the pandemic.

In their evaluation, the scientists from the University of Edinburgh come to the conclusion that only two of the corona measures are predestined to

significantly reduce

the number of infections with

: the

.

According to the experts, the infections * could be avoided by up to 24 percent.

Only the

more than ten people

is just

as noticeable.

The regulations regarding the

on

are certainly

important here.

Corona lockdown rules: The most important thing appears to be avoiding crowds

The findings make it clear that in order to contain the corona pandemic, restrictions

appear to be necessary

mainly with regard to

.

Two further measures follow, which have been shown to reduce the R-value * of people infected with corona: the

* (15 percent) and the

(13 percent).

What was not explicitly taken into account by the experts from Edinburgh in their evaluation: sporting activity with like-minded people, which is to be banned for November as part of the new measures taken by the federal government.

Lock everything for a month: Here is the corona concept from the Chancellery, which is (hopefully) fiercely disputed in Germany today.

@MerkurStadt pic.twitter.com/yXB8cO06Iq

- Christian Deutschländer (@CDeutschlaender) October 28, 2020

An exit

restriction

allegedly had

little effect on the

in the 131 countries examined.

The shutdown of public transport has also

only reduced

the

in the affected countries in the lower single-digit range, judge the scientists from Great Britain.

Before the Corona summit in Berlin, top virologists expressed massive criticism of Merkel's lockdown plans.