The coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 continues to spread in Germany. Three people have already died of Covid-19. The highlight is supposed to be in summer, contrary to expectations.
- The corona virus * continues to spread in Germany.
- Numerous major events have already been canceled.
- 1,300 people are infected in Germany. Three people died.
Munich - According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), almost 1,600 people in Germany have been shown to be infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (as of March 10); three people have so far lost their lives in Germany. In addition, a hamburger was killed in Egypt. Two people from the severely affected district of Heinsberg also died of COVID-19, as well as one person from Essen.
Corona virus in Germany: Not doing without major events is sufficient
Baden-Württemberg now also wants to follow the recommendation of Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) to cancel large events with more than 1,000 people .
In view of the spread of the coronavirus *, the RKI believes that doing without major events is not enough. People would also have to think about whether they still wanted to attend smaller events , for example in restaurants or in the private sector, especially if it was even cramped and poorly ventilated there, said RKI Vice President Lars Schaade in Berlin on Wednesday.
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“We have to keep distance between people so that there are no transmissions,” continues Schaade. Here one appeals to personal responsibility .
As the Bild newspaper reported on Thursday, the Berlin-Reinickendorf official, Patrick Larscheid , had called for more decisive steps against the spread of corona from the Senate. Larscheid said on Thursday in the “rbb” information radio that public life in the city had to be largely stopped to protect the population *.
"We now know very well that in the current phase of the pandemic * we have to cut off practically all social contacts if we still want to have a chance to keep the number of people infected as low as possible."
The decision to cancel events with over 1,000 visitors was not enough. Rather, clubs and bars should now also close and all events with the public should cancel. Everything has to be closed where people come together *. "Otherwise we won't be able to control it anymore," says Larscheid.
Corona virus in Germany: Spread should not slow down with rising temperatures
Meanwhile, experts did further research * and overturned previous assumptions . Until recently, experts assumed that SARS-CoV-2 * is a seasonal phenomenon and that infections will decrease with increasing temperatures. Researchers in the USA used data to simulate the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by 2025. It turned out that the spread would not slow down with increasing temperatures .
"We have to reckon with the fact that we will run straight into an epidemic wave despite rising temperatures," said Christian Drosten , director of the Institute of Virology at the Charité in Berlin, as reported by focus.de. The seasonal effect is not as great as with other cold viruses, he further explained in relation to the study.
Virologist Christian Drosten expects the coronavirus to peak in summer.
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Coronavirus in Germany: "Maximum of cases in the period from June to August"
In a podcast by the NDR, he said: “At the moment my assessment is more that we are getting a direct wave of infections. That means we have to expect that a maximum of cases will occur from June to August . ”The spring and the temperature would help, but one should not expect the wave of infections to come to a standstill.
As explained further in the podcast, Drosten assumes that the younger generation will then become immune to the corona virus. Meanwhile, another virologist Ulf Dittmer from Essen does away with the myth that the virus cannot spread in an open stadium. Meanwhile, the Bundesliga is facing a historic weekend.
Many people continue to wonder what are the symptoms of the disease *? Research on a vaccine * is now in full swing. The situation in Italy is critical - and Austria is stopping train traffic to and from Italy. There are also hundreds of infected people in Bavaria - read the ticker on Merkur.de *
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