The corona virus pandemic is challenging governments and citizens. But there is also news that is positive.
Update from May 18, 2020: Well over two thirds of all Covid-19 patients in Germany are considered healthy again
176,551 coronavirus infections have so far been reported in Germany. According to the Coronavirus Resource Center at Johns Hopkins University, 154,584 people are considered fully recovered - which is almost 90 percent.
Germany the eighth most affected country - mortality rate low by comparison
In Germany, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, 176,551 coronavirus infections have been reported so far. This puts the Federal Republic ahead of China (84,054 cases) and Iran (120,198 cases), which were among the most affected countries at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Great Britain with 244,995 Covid-19 cases, France with 179,693 reported coronavirus infections *, Italy with 225,435 cases, Russia with 290,678, Brazil with 241,080, Spain with 230,698 reported infections and the USA as the frontrunner with 1,486,742 coronavirus cases more patients than Germany. The differences in the mortality rate are striking: 4.5 percent of Covid-19 patients in Germany died from the consequences of the disease. A small percentage compared to other countries: in Spain the rate is 11.9 percent, in Italy it is 14.1 percent, in the UK 13.3 percent and in France Johns Hopkins University reports a death rate of 15.3 Percent. In Belgium, 16.4 percent of coronavirus patients have died so far. (As of May 18, 2020)
There are many reasons for these differences. The possibilities of diagnostics , how often a country carries out coronavirus tests and the time at which a country has taken appropriate measures to contain the pandemic play a role, among other things.
Update of March 23, 2020: Antibody formation apparently makes infected people immune to Covid-19
As virologist Christian Drosten of the Charité in Berlin explained in the NDR podcast, animal experiments give reason to assume that people infected with Sars-CoV-2 are already immune to the novel pathogen of the lung disease Covid-19 after surviving infection . A test on rhesus monkeys had shown that after Covid 19 disease * had healed, their bodies produced antibodies against them. As a result, the animals did not become ill when they were reinfected with corona viruses or showed a much milder course of the disease. "And that is also what we expect in humans, that we would, I would say, at least for the duration of the pandemic and probably for a time beyond that, we are immune. That is also my working hypothesis for humans", said virologist Drosten in the podcast. Studies should still follow here.
Article dated March 21, 2020: Of 1,484,811 Covid-19 infections reported worldwide, 329,876 people are considered recovered. (As of April 9th, 2020) You had completely recovered from the Sars-CoV-2 infection *. And there is more information that is positive.
Also read : Medicines against Covid-19: University Hospital Erlangen reports successful antibody therapy .
No new infections in China, relatively few deaths in Germany
For the second day in a row (as of March 20, 2020), China no longer reported any new infections nationwide. This does not apply to returnees: As the world reported, 34 new "imported cases" were registered, that is, illnesses that were detected in people entering China. The population is nevertheless relieved of the success that the strict exit bans and quarantine measures have brought them . Out of 82,867 people infected in China, 77,639 people are considered healthy again. (As of April 9, 2020)
In Germany, younger people are more often infected with Sars-CoV-2 (as of the end of March 2020)
The virus has been spreading rapidly in Germany since the beginning of March. With 113,296 infections reported since then, there were 2,349 deaths, especially within the risk groups *. A relatively low number compared to other countries, so far more than 12.7 percent of those affected have died in Italy, and the death rate in Germany is 2.1 percent . Why the numbers differ so drastically is still being investigated. One explanation could be that more older people were infected with the virus in Italy: on average, Italian patients were 63 years old, in Germany around 47 years.
However, severe courses are also observed in younger people. In order to slow down the spread as much as possible, the Federal Government calls on social contacts to be avoided as far as possible and, if possible, to work from home.
More sources : https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html; www.spiegel.de; www.welt.de
Read more : Corona virus in Germany - Merkel warns: "Avoid social contacts where possible".
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