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Infections paralyze citizens: RKI reports premature start of the cold wave

2021-10-20T09:34:43.292Z


Cough, runny nose and sore throat: typical symptoms of a cold. Current figures show that infections will occur more frequently in October 2021.


Cough, runny nose and sore throat: typical symptoms of a cold.

Current figures show that infections will occur more frequently in October 2021.

Your colleagues have to stay away from work and your evening appointments are increasingly falling into the water because of colds *? You're not alone in this: Cold viruses have an easier game in autumn and winter than in summer. On the one hand, this has to do with the fact that you are again more often with several people in closed rooms. And the outside temperature also influences the activity of viruses. “

Viruses are more stable at low temperatures. Similar to food that has the longest shelf life in the refrigerator,

”explains virologist Thomas Pietschmann

according to

Deutsche Welle

. A cold snap means that viruses feel comfortable and can also spread faster.

The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) as the leading biomedical research facility of the German federal government publishes weekly reports in which the current situation with regard to flu and colds is described.

In the latest report (as of October 20,

2021

), the RKI informs that there was

a significant increase in respiratory diseases in calendar week 40 2021 compared to the previous week

.

Extrapolated to the population in Germany, around 5.3 million people would have developed a new acute respiratory disease (with or without fever) in week 40, it continues.

Acute respiratory diseases include colds and sore throat or tonsillitis caused by viruses or bacteria.

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More and more children and adolescents are currently catching colds

Especially small children, adolescents and younger adults are affected, "especially in the age groups 0 to 4 years and 15 to 34 years", as the RKI report shows.

Not only acute respiratory diseases, but also flu-like diseases are on the rise, it continues.

Do you suspect you have caught a cold?

According to the RKI, most respiratory infections belong to the group of colds.

They usually begin insidiously, the body temperature rises rather moderately and a cold is often in the foreground, according to information on the RKI website.

A cough

*

, a runny nose and a fever are signs that our immune system is fighting the pathogens (viruses).

(jg)

*

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Source: merkur

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