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Side effect of the corona measures - These diseases decreased in 2020

2021-01-22T09:56:08.606Z


The RKI reports significantly fewer infectious diseases for 2020 than in previous years. Corona measures were probably a major factor.


The RKI reports significantly fewer infectious diseases for 2020 than in previous years.

Corona measures were probably a major factor.

  • In 2020,

    significantly fewer people fell ill with

    infectious diseases

    .

  • The

    Corona

    * measures apparently played a major role.

  • Around

    35 percent

    fewer

    Germans

    fell ill with the

    flu

    last year

    .

Kassel - The whole world has been dealing with the

corona virus

for almost a year

.

In order to contain the pandemic, regulations such as contact

restrictions

and the

mask requirement

have already been

enacted.

It seems that the

Corona measures are

also

bearing

fruit in the prevention of other diseases, because as studies now show,

Germans were

less sick than usual in the past year.

Scientists have now been able to draw initial conclusions from 2020.

It is now clear: only one

disease

exceeds the values ​​of recent years.

In

Germany

, for example, around 35 percent fewer people

fell ill with

the

flu

than in previous years.

+

According to the RKI, there were significantly fewer infectious diseases in Germany in 2020 than in previous years.

Around 35 percent fewer flu cases were reported.

The reason for this are the strict corona rules.

(Symbol image)

© Maurizio Gambarini / dpa

Corona: RKI examines notifiable diseases and discovers fewer flu cases

"The

number

of

cases

of many other infectious diseases fell during the

Covid-19 pandemic

compared to previous years", Sonia Boender from the Surveillance Department at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) told

Focus Online

.

In order to examine the possible effects of the pandemic, the RKI experts carry out an analysis of notifiable diseases, such as

tuberculosis

, hepatitis E or the

flu

.

According to this, almost 140,000 such non-

corona

cases were reported

between March and August 2020

.

Based on the values ​​from previous years, a

decrease

of around 35 percent was recorded.

Fewer flu cases also thanks to Corona measures

According to the analysis,

respiratory

and

gastrointestinal diseases

declined particularly sharply.

Sexually transmitted infections, on the other hand, fell less sharply.

However, according to the researchers, there is no specific reason for the decline in the numbers.

Rather, this depends on several factors and cannot be explained by data analysis alone.

According to Boender, however, it is certain that the measures to contain the

corona pandemic have had

an impact.

Closures

, distance

rules

,

contact

restrictions

, hand hygiene and working in the

home office

in particular prevented the transmission of pathogens, which is evident in fewer

flu

cases and respiratory and gastrointestinal diseases.

First corona lockdown thwarted a possible wave of flu infections

In addition, according to expert Sonia Boender, it is also noticeable that

Germans

were able to travel far less far

in 2020 due to the

coronavirus

pandemic.

As a result, diseases such as dengue fever and

malaria

have been observed, which are otherwise

diagnosed

more frequently among

travelers returning

.

It had already been shown in spring 2020 that the first

corona lockdown of

a possible

wave of flu infections brought

an early end to an end.

According to data available so far

,

colds

and

influenza also

occurred less frequently

in autumn and winter 2020

than in previous years.

(Almost) only Covid?

After the first lockdown in the corona pandemic, significantly fewer cases of other infectious diseases have been reported.

Why is that? Https: //t.co/56YK8BSdZy @idowa

- dpa (@dpa) January 11, 2021

Corona in Germany: flu infections are falling, TBE sufferers are increasing

But not every

illness

is the same as with the

flu

: the analysis by the

Robert Koch Institute

shows an increase in one of the diseases examined: the

meningitis TBE

(early summer meningoencephalitis), which is transmitted by ticks.

In fact, the

corona

pandemic

could also be responsible for the increase

, as it has lured many people into the countryside to avoid larger crowds.

The

Red Cross

also warned

that there were more

ticks

due to the mild winter

and that the season had already started in March 2020.

(Nail Akkoyun)

* hna.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network.

List of rubric lists: © Maurizio Gambarini / dpa

Source: merkur

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