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No major events in winter 2021/22? RKI advises "reducing unnecessary contacts"

2021-11-12T13:02:51.274Z


Reduce contacts, wear masks, keep your distance: The RKI also calls on those who have been vaccinated to protect themselves better again.


Reduce contacts, wear masks, keep your distance: The RKI also calls on those who have been vaccinated to protect themselves better again.

In view of the force of the fourth corona wave, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) is calling for a return to massive restrictions in Germany. One advises "

urgently to cancel or avoid larger events as far as possible, but also to reduce all other unnecessary contacts,

" says the authority's new weekly report. The municipalities demanded a uniform strategy. On next Thursday, the executive chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and the prime ministers want to discuss the further course.

"A binding agreement between the federal government and the federal states is necessary as to how we can get through the winter with the current corona situation," said the chief executive of the association of cities and municipalities, Gerd Landsberg, the editorial network Germany (RND / Friday).

This includes a strategy for the required booster vaccinations *.

"

If possible, 20 million people should have received this vaccination by Christmas

."

Corona case numbers continue to rise

The corona numbers have recently risen steeply in Germany.

The nationwide seven-day incidence also peaked on Friday, the fifth day in a row

. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the number of new corona infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week at 263.7. In addition, 48,640 new corona infections were registered. This is the second highest value since the beginning of the pandemic. The number of new infections had reached a record level the previous day at 50,196.

More and more clinics are reporting that treatments that are not absolutely necessary are being postponed and that intensive care units * are at their limit

. "If this dynamic continues, we will very soon only be able to treat emergency and Covid patients," said Gernot Marx, President of the Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive and Emergency Medicine (Divi), the editorial network Germany (RND / Friday).

The RKI demands drastic changes in behavior from the citizens.

If contacts cannot be avoided, you should always do a test beforehand, even if you have been vaccinated or have recovered,

the experts advise in their latest weekly report.

Vaccinated and convalescents should also wear masks and keep their distance.

The RKI continues to rate the risk of those who are not or not fully vaccinated in Germany as very high.

For those who are fully vaccinated, it is moderate, but increasing.

Frequent testing in schools

The incidences have been rising in all age groups for weeks.

According to the RKI weekly report, the highest value is found among 10 to 14 year olds

- with 411 reported new infections per 100,000 children in one week, the 5 to 9 year olds with 345 and the 15 to 19 year olds with 302. Tests are particularly frequent in schools.

The acting Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn (CDU) and RKI President Lothar Wieler want to inform about the current situation this Friday morning.

Because of the high number of infections, additional protective measures are becoming increasingly important.

The SPD, Greens and FDP want to consult with experts about speeding up vaccinations *.

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Saxony's Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) is no longer ruling out a new lockdown.

His state has the highest numbers nationwide; according to the RKI, the weekly incidence has now exceeded the 500 mark.

The 2G rule will not be enough in the fight against the current corona wave

, said Kretschmer on Thursday evening in the ZDF program "Maybrit Illner".

“We have to add further instruments.” Otherwise the current situation could end in a “humanitarian catastrophe”.

"A serious political mistake"

Saxony-Anhalt's Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff sharply criticized the corona plans of the traffic light parties in the federal government.

"I consider the decision to end the pandemic emergency of national scope a serious political mistake," said the CDU politician of the German Press Agency in Magdeburg.

"That is also a wrong decision in the matter."

The pandemic situation of national scope must be extended.

The potential government partners SPD, Greens and FDP want to let the special status expire on November 25th.

The previous legal basis for corona restrictions is to be replaced by a new infection protection law

, which is intended to legally secure a smaller catalog of possible corona measures *.

FDP Vice Wolfgang Kubicki called on the Union to support.

"The situation we have now, with 50,000 infections a day and the intensive care units running full, that happens under the current regime," he said at "Maybrit Illner".

In addition, the epidemic situation will not be abolished

, it will expire on November 25th - and no one in the Bundestag has yet attempted to extend the special status.

(dpa) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.

Source: merkur

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