Coronavirus: Measures have been ordered in Germany to limit the spread of Covid-19. All developments in the news ticker.
- The corona virus is spreading even more in Germany.
- The number of cases continues to rise in Germany.
- Here you will find the basic facts about the corona virus and the previous corona news from Germany in our old ticker. You can also find current case numbers in Germany as a map. The following recommendations for corona protective measures are currently available.
Update of March 28, 7:24 a.m .: Due to the dramatic emergency of northern Italian hospitals in the coronavirus crisis , the Air Force flies patients to Germany. The Airbus A310 MedEvac , the Bundeswehr's flying intensive care unit, was to take six seriously ill Italians in intensive care from Bergamo to Cologne on Saturday. The machine started in Cologne in the morning, said a spokesman for the German Press Agency.
"In times of greatest need, it goes without saying that we stand by our friends," Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (CDU) said about the mission. "That is why we are now bringing seriously ill patients from Italy to Germany for treatment with our flying intensive care unit of the Air Force. It is an important sign of solidarity. Europe has to stick together. "
The plane should be back in Cologne by midday. Patients should be taken to civilian hospitals for treatment. According to dpa information, two patients are to be treated further in the Catholic Clinic in Bochum and in the University Clinics in Cologne and Bonn.
Coronavirus in Germany: Karliczek does not expect an early vaccine
Federal Research Minister Anja Karliczek sees a fight against the coronavirus at the end of the year at the earliest. "We have to assume that a vaccine with which broad sections of the population can be protected will not be available until the end of the year or the beginning of next year," said the CDU politician to the editorial network Germany (RND / Saturday). The following applies to vaccine research: “We want to run as quickly as possible - but we must not fall down. We have to be sure that the vaccination works and doesn't harm the patient. ”
Karliczek said: “We are exhausting the research opportunities to the last. We are ready to provide additional funds if there are promising projects. Corona research will not fail because of the money. ”
Coronavirus in Germany: More than 48,300 infections
Update, 9:35 p.m .: The corona virus is still rampant in the Federal Republic. By Friday afternoon, over 48,300 infections had been registered in Germany, according to an evaluation by the German Press Agency. North Rhine-Westphalia * stands out with 12,000 proven infections and 88 deaths to date, and Bavaria * with at least 10,180 confirmed cases and 60 deaths.
Corona in Germany: 101 deaths in Baden-Württemberg - At least 315 nationwide deaths
At least 9,729 cases have been registered in Baden-Württemberg * so far, and the state has 101 deaths so far. With a population of 100.5, Hamburg has the most infections with a value of 95.5. Nationwide there are at least 315 deaths related to the coronavirus. According to information from the Robert Koch Institute, two other Germans died during a trip to Egypt .
Update, 7:35 p.m .: According to Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (CDU), the Bundeswehr will not be deployed in the current corona crisis to enforce the new ban on going out in Germany. You do not see that as a mandate of the Bundeswehr, the legal situation also does not allow it.
Corona in Germany: Bundeswehr missions abroad thinned out - local help
The Bundeswehr's missions abroad have already been thinned out, with Iraq as an example. “But we also have obligations , our allies rely on us. In addition, we see in Mali, for example, that Corona terrorists cannot be stopped. The fight there continues and we are still challenged, ”said the Minister of Defense.
To support the states and local authorities, the Bundeswehr deployed around 15,000 soldiers in the corona crisis. General help Martin Schelleis , who coordinates and leads the support mission, is particularly in demand . Secure storage space for medical goods , accommodation for the police, expertise for a mobile hospital , mobile rescue stations and test stations are also in demand.
Corona in Germany: Hamburg admits twelve patients from abroad
Update 7:20 p.m .: Germany shows solidarity in the midst of the Corona crisis. Two Hamburg clinics plan to take seriously ill patients from the crisis regions of Italy and France in the coming days. There is talk of up to twelve people.
Hamburg's Senator for Health Cornelia Prüfer-Storcks (SPD) confirmed this on Friday afternoon. "There are up to ten patients from Italy to be treated at the Harburg AK (Asklepios Clinic)," said Prüfer-Storcks. “Two patients from France” who are to be treated at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf are also affected.
The time for the individual arrivals of the patients has not yet been determined. "At the moment we are in a situation in Hamburg that we have this capacity , that we can also practice this solidarity. (...) But of course we cannot guarantee that over the entire route, ”says Prüfer-Storcks.
Corona in Germany: Police poorly prepared for crisis - "Years of omissions" in IT
Update 6.45 p.m .: The police in Germany are not well prepared for the corona crisis . There is hardly a state criminal police agency (Lka) that has the basis to send its employees to the home office in large numbers. Der Spiegel writes on Friday, citing a nationwide survey.
"The years of failures in IT infrastructure are doomed to us in the crisis," said Jan Reinecke from the Association of German Criminal Investigators. According to the magazine, the telephone network in the Federal Ministry of the Interior also broke down temporarily, data servers were said to have been overloaded.
Corona in Germany: fear of hacking attacks on hospitals
Update 4:00 p.m .: The German security authorities warn of hacking attacks on hospitals in the corona crisis. Apparently, there is concern about cyberattacks on hospitals and other key facilities.
However, the effects of such attacks would be "even more serious" than usual in the current crisis , warn federal and state criminals in a confidential report, as the magazine Der Spiegel reported on Friday. In the past, hackers had repeatedly paralyzed clinic IT to extort ransom.
The Federal Office for Information Security therefore urges systemically important companies to tighten their IT protection measures. For manufacturers of medical devices, pharmaceutical companies and research institutions, there is "an increased threat risk".
According to the government paper, individual cyber criminals publicly claimed to have suspended their attacks on medical facilities during the corona epidemic. But not everyone adheres to the digital armistice.
Corona in Germany: Authorities warn clinics of "increased threat risk"
Update 3:27 p.m .: Coronavirus infection numbers continue to rise in Germany. The first clinics in Baden-Württemberg are reaching their limits. In NRW, the hospital in Heinsberg had already raised the alarm last week - there was a lack of protective equipment. The Bundeswehr is now preparing to deploy Corona with 15,000 soldiers.
They want to arm themselves for a comprehensive support mission. It is about "the establishment of a quota for aid," said a spokesman for the armed forces commando on Friday of the AFP news agency. "The personnel come from the various organizational areas of the armed forces."
A field plan by the Bundeswehr leadership would describe the areas of operation in detail: around 5,500 soldiers should be deployed for "protection" and "protection". And another 6,000 for "supporting the population". The Spiegel reports.
Corona in Germany: Zoff behind the scenes? RKI surprises with press conference cancellation
Update 3:19 p.m .: According to the virologist Christian Drosten, researchers in North Rhine-Westphalia now believe in a massive test for infections with the corona virus in Germany . The capacities for corona tests could be expanded significantly, said Bonn virologist Hendrik Streeck. Many materials were missing for the classic tests - creative solutions could help, said the virology professor in Düsseldorf on Friday.
This increases the number of voices that contradict the strategy of Health Minister Jens Spahn and the Robert Koch Institute. Spahn insists on individual case tests.
Update 12.12 p.m .: So far, the assessments of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) have been the ultimate ratio of government action in Germany. RKI boss Lothar Wieler has developed the necessary political strategies in close cooperation with the Ministry of Health. Every now and then: Christian Drosten , chief virologist of the Berlin Charité. But now the scientific assessments and strategies in Germany seem to be dividing up. The experts suddenly speak of different test measures - and the RKI is just canceling the press conference.
The RKI briefed the company and the press about the current situation every day for weeks. Since last week, these briefings have been reduced to three. On Friday it was canceled suddenly. A spokeswoman for the RKI explained the cancellation with the federal press conference, in which Wieler participated on Thursday. That reports Bild.de.
Corona in Germany: Zoff behind the scenes? RKI surprises with press conference cancellation
On Thursday morning, chief virologist of the Berlin Charité, Christian Drosten , Federal Research Minister Anja Karliczek and the Charité CEO Heyo Kroemer presented a new task force in which the Ministry of Science and clinics want to work as closely as possible. Drosten spoke of a possible testing of entire population groups, the planning of which should be started. The corona mass test is a "feat of strength and must be planned well". Shortly afterwards, Spahn , Wieler and Andreas Gassen, Chairman of the Board of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians , spoke at the federal press conference. All three consider the testing of entire population groups to be unrealistic and emphasized that for the time being they wanted to stick to the case-oriented testing.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson signed off to the home office on Twitter on Friday. He got infected with the corona virus.
Corona in Germany: Confidential strategy paper emerged - but hope of a mass test is shattered
Update 11.32: At the federal press conference , the spokesman for the Ministry of Health again emphasized the statements made by Minister of Health Jens Spahn and the head of the Robert Koch Institute Lothar Wieler on Thursday. For the time being, there should only be one suspect-related individual test and no test of groups.
Nobody is commenting on the strategy paper of the Federal Ministry of the Interior at the federal press conference on Friday. The paper is internal and confidential. Accordingly, there are no statements, said a spokesman.
Corona in Germany: serious allegations - did Minister of Health Jens Spahn just look away?
Update 11:16: Just a few hours after a strategy paper from the Federal Ministry of the Interior became known for comprehensive coronavirus testing , the hope of the associated lifting of the locks in Germany seems to be shattered again. "Comprehensive corona tests like those in South Korea are not feasible in Germany," said Ute Teichert, chair of the Federal Association of Doctors of Public Health, the news portal t-online.de.
While Health Minister Jens Spahn spoke at the federal press conference on Thursday about how well and stably the health system was set up, Teichert criticized the fact that the public health service had been “saved”. Politics simply looked away. Now you have "too little staff and too little laboratory capacity."
Update 8:07: According to media reports, the federal government and the federal states are now focusing on a massive expansion of the tests as a priority measure in the fight against the corona virus . In its Friday edition, the "Bild" newspaper cites a corresponding decision from an internal protocol of a conference call between Chancellor Minister Helge Braun (CDU) and the heads of the federal state chancelleries. It says: "The federal government and the federal states agree to significantly increase the testing capacity for the new corona virus ."
Corona in Germany: strategy paper of the Ministry of the Interior revealed
According to information from the "Süddeutscher Zeitung" ("SZ"), NDR and WDR, a confidential strategy paper issued by the Federal Ministry of the Interior also states that the largest possible increase in test capacities in Germany is "overdue". The role model is South Korea, reports the "SZ". With mass tests and the isolation of sick people, the authorities there had succeeded in slowing down the spread of the novel pathogen significantly without bringing public life to a standstill .
According to the experts, by far the most important measure against the virus is "testing and isolating the infected person", reported the "SZ". "Both people with self-suspicion as well as the entire circle of contact persons from positively tested people should be tested".
Corona in Germany: end of public standstill through more tests?
According to the strategy paper, innovative solutions are required for broad-based tests. In order to protect medical personnel from infected people, citizens should do the necessary throat swab themselves, for example in drive-in or telephone booth test stations. In order to facilitate the search for contacts by people who tested positive, long-term computer-based solutions and even location tracking of mobile phones should be used, the "SZ" report says.
As the Süddeutsche Zeitung reports, the extension of the tests should be achieved through a "high-throughput method" from pharmaceutical research or through the use of laboratories from veterinary medicine. In addition, according to the report, a new working group was set up at the Robert Koch Institute to expand test capacities.
The situation is also becoming more acute in Spain and Italy.
Corona in Germany: New infection numbers known - is the app for tracking now?
Update March 27, 2020, 6.51 am: In the fight against the rapid spread of the lung disease Covid-19 , Union politicians want to use an app as soon as possible that citizens voluntarily install on their cell phones. It should work like a kind of digital diary and - if its owner is infected with the corona virus - automatically send anonymized information to all people who have had contact with it in the past two weeks.
Mobile phone data in the fight against Corona: don't violate data protection rights
According to statements by other CDU MPs, Spahn had deleted the idea of tracking via app from his Corona emergency aid package. The use of cell phone data to track infected people is controversial in Germany for data protection reasons. Spahn would have seen the adoption of the entire aid package in danger, said Armin Schuster, chairman of the Union on the interior committee of the Bundestag on dpa.
App against Corona: Austria leads the way
The Red Cross in Austria presented a "Stop Corona App" this week. Anyone who installs it on their cell phone does not have to disclose personal data. Similar considerations are now being made at the German Red Cross
Corona in Germany: New infection numbers known - medical president calls for mouth protection for everyone
Update, 10:58 pm: Chancellor Angela Merkel has commented on a possible end to the corona restrictions. In a conference at the G20 summit, Merkel said when asked by a journalist that it was not yet time to talk about easing the measures.
Corona in Germany: Eighth death reported in Berlin
Update, 10:10 p.m .: An eighth Corona death was recorded in the capital Berlin . In total there are currently 1937 confirmed infections with Sars-CoV-2 in Berlin. That is 292 more than the previous day.
Corona in Germany: New infection numbers known
Update, 9:50 p.m .: More than 43,000 coronavirus infections have been registered in Germany so far. This emerges from an evaluation of the German Press Agency, which takes into account the reported numbers of the federal states . North Rhine-Westphalia has particularly high numbers with more than 10,800 proven cases and 82 deaths, Bavaria with more than 8800 cases and Baden-Württemberg with more than 8400 cases. Based on 100,000 inhabitants, Hamburg also has the most infections with a value of 87.7.
To date, more than 260 people infected with Sars-CoV-2 have died nationwide. According to the Robert Koch Institute, two other Germans died during a trip to Egypt.
Corona virus in Germany: Merkel with video statement
Update, 9:10 p.m .: At a G20 summit and at European level, states voted on Thursday on joint measures to combat the corona crisis . Angela Merkel reports on the results in a video statement on Thursday evening.
Corona virus in Germany: disagreement among experts? Medical president demands mouth protection for everyone
Berlin - Germany still has a relatively low death rate from corona infections compared to other countries, said chief virologist of the Berlin Charité, Christian Drosten * at a press conference in Berlin on Thursday.
This is mainly due to the early and professional diagnostics, which can be used nationwide in Germany thanks to the federal structure of laboratory medicine. According to estimates by the chief virologist, around 500,000 tests for a coronavirus * infection are currently being carried out per week. "The reason why we currently have so few deaths in Germany compared to the number of infected people can be explained sufficiently by the fact that we do a lot of laboratory diagnostics in Germany," Drosten said in Berlin on Thursday.
This view is shared by health minister Jens Spahn , the head of the Robert Koch Institute Lothar Wieler and the chairman of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, Andreas Gassen. Nevertheless, they speak of around 200,000 tests per week in the separately held federal press conference. Gassen estimates that a total of around 410,000 tests have been carried out since March 9.
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- Tagesschau (@tagesschau) March 26, 2020Corona virus in Germany: will all be tested soon?
On the question of corona testing, there are different sucking-offs on Wednesday among the experts. Drosten spoke of the subsequent testing of entire population groups that should be addressed and that could be possible within a few weeks using so-called antibody tests. However, Wieler and Spahn focused on the case-oriented and selective testing of people with symptoms in combination with justified suspicion.
In the afternoon, the President of the German Medical Association (BAEK), Klaus Reinhardt , appealed to the population to wear protective masks. "My advice: Get simple protective masks or make your own and wear them in public spaces," said Reinhardt, according to Focus.de . "These masks do not guarantee protection against infection. But they can help a little to reduce the risk of infecting others or getting infected yourself. ”Reinhardt is not the first to demand that all Germans should wear protective masks.
Coronavirus Germany: Health Minister Spahn warns of false hopes
Health Minister Jens Spahn also warned on Thursday about false information about rapid corona tests from China and other countries. All of these tests would be tested. "These tests are not specific enough," said Spahn. So far, the error rate has been too strong. As soon as there was a good rapid test, this would also be used.
Spahn also warned to refrain from exaggerated expectations regarding the decline in the number of new infections. The government's drastic measures had only been in place for three days. Spahn asks that the two-week period be observed to assess the situation.
Corona virus in Germany: The current case numbers
To date, more than 41,300 infections with the new corona virus have been registered in Germany. This emerges from an evaluation of the German Press Agency, which takes into account the reported numbers of the federal states. North Rhine-Westphalia has particularly high numbers with more than 10,800 proven cases, Bavaria with more than 8800 cases and Baden-Württemberg with more than 7200 cases. Based on 100,000 inhabitants, Hamburg has the highest number of infections with 87.7.
The consumer advice center now warned of supposed healing methods. These include the controversial globules. *
* merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
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