The corona virus spreads in Germany. The youngest victim died at the age of 28. Meanwhile, Seehofer's Ministry is causing a stir with a horror scenario.
- The number of fatalities in nursing homes continues to rise.
- The corona virus still has a firm grip on the world.
- Here you will find the basic facts about the corona virus. You can also find current case numbers in Germany as a map. The following recommendations for corona protective measures are currently available.
3:29 pm: A paper from the Federal Ministry of Health caused a sensation in the corona crisis. It said that in the worst case scenario there could be millions of deaths . Horst Seehofer now defended the paper against the picture : "This is a worst-case scenario in the event that no measures are taken or insufficient measures are taken."
He welcomed the fact that his employees would also play through scenarios "that you don't like to hear, but that you have to deal with". In this connection, Seehofer once again appealed to the population to comply with the measures initiated, such as the ban on contact. Then it will remain in one scenario.
Corona virus in Germany: federal states extend measures over Easter
2:59 p.m .: Saarland has extended its exit restrictions due to the corona virus beyond Easter until April 20 . The federal state thus followed suit compared to other countries, such as Bavaria. In other countries, they were scheduled from the start until the weekend after Easter. Brandenburg followed suit and also extended its measures.
And Berlin also wants to extend its exit restrictions . Vice-Mayor Klaus Lederer said on Tuesday that there was agreement in the Senate. The Senate will probably not decide on the extension until Thursday.
Corona in Germany: Spahn praises hospitals - 45 percent of intensive care beds free
2:17 p.m .: Good news in the Corona crisis. Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn has informed that 45 percent of the intensive care beds in the hospitals are currently free. That reports ntv. The beds would thus be ready for patients with severe corona disease courses. Spahn thanked the clinics for their preparations.
1:24 p.m .: Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) has appealed to German industry in an interview with the Bild to participate in the production of urgently needed medical devices in the current emergency . As a lesson from the corona pandemic, it should be regulated by law that medicines in Germany must always be sufficiently available in the future, said the Interior Minister.
No law is needed to involve non-specialist companies in the production of respirators, protective coats and breathing masks, added Seehofer, because "there is already so much moral responsibility in our country" . When asked whether such an appeal to industry should not come from Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU), Seehofer replied: "The Chancellor does not let me prescribe what speeches she has to deliver."
When asked what further measures might be necessary in the future to avoid overstraining the health system in the Corona crisis, he said that additional entry restrictions are conceivable. A duty to wear a mouthguard in public space is currently not indicated, since the first step is to provide medical personnel and the police with sufficient equipment.
A scientific study has now looked at when the peak and possibly an end of the corona pandemic in Germany could have been reached.
Corona in Germany: RKI boss upset with Corona denier
11:12: RKI President Lothar Wieler was annoyed in his press statement on Tuesday about Corona - deniers , people who would still not take the virus seriously enough.
Many would still dismiss the current situation as media hype: "That is unfortunate," said Wieler. According to a study, 41 percent would currently consider the virus dangerous . Wieler said the more people would consider Covid-19 a serious danger, the better. In addition, the RKI chief points out that especially older people and people who would work in the healthcare sector would see the coronavirus as a greater danger.
Other numbers are also alarming: 89 percent of Germans know that they should stay at home, but only 77 percent stick to it. In addition, 89 percent of respondents would know that if you have symptoms, you need to quarantine - but only 63 percent would .
Coronavirus in Germany: New numbers for Germany - many die of cardiac inflammation
10:33: Lothar Wieler not only gave information about the current figures in Germany . He also provided information on the current state of research on the corona virus . He gave two remarkable details.
On the one hand, one currently does not know how long immunity lasts after an illness. How many people may have already been sick and have only had a mild course could be found using antibody tests. Studies are currently being planned that should also provide information on immunity.
Wieler also mentioned a new detail: According to this, the coronavirus not only damages the lungs, but also the heart. Many patients suffer from inflammation of the heart muscle, says Wieler. According to this, 25 percent of the people who died in Italy ultimately died because of the heart and not because of damage to the lungs. However, Wieler did not provide more detailed information on this.
Markus Söder also announced on Wednesday about the new plans for the corona virus in Bavaria.
Corona in Germany: RKI reports on current figures - youngest fatality 28 years old
10:01 am: In a press conference, Lothar Wieler , President of the Robert Koch Institute, informed about the current situation of the coronavirus pandemic in Germany . First he gives some current figures . According to this, the RKI has received 61,913 cases from the health authorities (as of March 31, midnight). The number of cases continues to increase as expected. Compared to the previous day, there was a plus of 4,615 infected people. According to this, the infected are 47 years old on average. The proportion of men among the infected is 52%. Wieler also pointed out that 350,000 tests had been carried out in the past week.
According to RKI information, there are 583 deaths from the virus in Germany. That's 128 more than the day before . The average age of the people concerned is therefore around 80 years . Wieler further explains that the infection can affect everyone. Even if the risk of getting ill with age and previous illnesses increases, the virus can be dangerous for everyone. The youngest victim who died in Germany was 28 years old in Germany. However, the woman suffered from previous illnesses.
According to Wieler, there is also good news: at least 16,000 people have recovered from an illness.
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- phoenix (@phoenix_de) March 31, 2020Corona in Germany: RKI informs - mouth protection can help
Wieler further explains that the population in Germany is now taking the risk of the virus more seriously than two weeks ago. In a survey, 90 percent of those questioned said they knew that they should not leave the house if they had cold symptoms. But only 77 percent would keep this quarantine. "My optimism is well founded and there and I assume that we will see the trend by Easter," continues Wieler.
The mortality rate in Germany is now 0.8 percent. The reason for the low rate is that a lot is tested in Germany. However, Wieler assume that the death rate will also increase in Germany. Could a mouthguard requirement curb the spread from a scientific perspective? As Wieler explains, wearing them could be useful. "Even a self-made mouth and nose protection keeps droplets away," said the President of the RKI.
Corona in Germany: 19 fatalities in nursing homes in Lower Saxony
Update of March 31, 8:52 a.m .: The number of confirmed corona infections in senior citizens' and nursing homes in Lower Saxony continues to increase. In a facility in Gadenstedt near Peine , 13 of the approximately 90 residents and three employees contracted the pathogen , as a spokesman for the district told the “Peiner Allgemeine Zeitung”. Further tests are planned there. Twelve of those infected were cared for in isolation, and an affected person had been taken to hospital for treatment.
In other homes in Lower Saxony, deaths related to Covid 19 diseases had already occurred. In Wolfsburg , 17 people died after a coronavirus infection, and there are also two deaths in Wildeshausen. The state of Lower Saxony has ordered an admission freeze for nursing homes. The only exceptions are if a 14-day quarantine is secured for new residents.
In Austria, a protective mask requirement was prescribed in supermarkets. There is said to be a similar obligation in Jena. Will there be a mask requirement all over Germany soon?
Corona virus in Germany: Lindner advocates apps
Update from March 31, 5:30 a.m .: Christian Lindner , head of the FDP party and parliamentary group, advocates the increased use of digital technology to combat the new corona virus . Apps that citizens voluntarily install are a promising approach, he told the German Press Agency in Berlin. If someone tested positive for the virus, such apps informed people with whom the person had been close for a certain time. This can be done using Bluetooth technology without central movement profiles being saved.
Corona in Germany: Apps for more health protection
" Data protection and health protection are not a contradiction in terms," said Lindner. "Instead of more surveillance , we should rather rely on the common sense of the citizens." Countries like Singapore showed that such apps could work without a government agency collecting personal data about their citizens.
The FDP politician rejected considerations in the federal government to grant additional powers to access citizens' mobile data. This interferes disproportionately with the freedom of the citizens.
Meanwhile, more people die from coronavirus in Ialien than in any other country. Here's why. *
The corona virus continues to spread in Lower Saxony, the number of infected people in nursing facilities continues to increase.
Corona Germany: First city exempts mouth protection
Update of March 30, 2020, 10:40 p.m .: Jena is the first German city to introduce a mouthguard obligation in sales outlets , public transport and buildings with public traffic . The Ostthüringer Zeitung reports, referring to the city administration. “In addition to masks, scarves or scarves are also recognized as protection . But these also have to cover the nose and mouth, ”it said. The decree should apply from next week. The city asks the residents to sew the important mouth and nose protection for themselves and other people in order to ensure adequate care.
62,526 Covid-19 infections had been registered in Germany by Monday evening. Furthermore, Bavaria with 14,437 infected and 133 dead and North Rhine-Westphalia with 14,442 infected and 130 dead are Germany's corona epicentres . Hamburg continues to have the highest number of infections per capita with 120.3 corona infections per 100,000 inhabitants.
According to the evaluation of the German Press Agency, at least 560 people infected with the coronavirus have died nationwide . Several Germans have also died abroad as a result of Covid-19. There is good news, however, about the German tourists who were stuck on the Artania cruise ship off Australia .
Corona virus in Germany: return campaign from Australia has been successful
Most of the total of 800 - mostly German - passengers were flown back to the Federal Republic . Four planes were used for the return campaign, a spokeswoman for the Bonn tour operator Phoenix said on Monday. All ended up in Frankfurt during the day. However, the individuals who tested positive for the corona virus stayed in Australia . According to the tour operator, there were a total of 36 - 23 passengers and 13 crew members. You are now in quarantine in Australia.
Meanwhile, the German rescue ship "Alan Kurdi " is back in operation after a two-month break despite the Corona crisis . The Spanish authorities have given the green light to leave and meanwhile the ship has reached international waters, said the organization Sea Eye on Monday evening. Gorden Isler, chairman of the organization, said that the ship was set to sea in the middle of the corona pandemic: “Sea-Eye was founded to save people from drowning. Every life has an invaluable value. No human life is dispensable or less valuable. ”However, in the midst of the pandemic, it could be very difficult to get a safe haven if the“ Alan Kurdi ”takes people on board. Sea-Eye is therefore in close contact with the German authorities, says Isler.
Coronavirus in Germany: Drosten predicts increasing case mortality
Update of March 30, 2020, 8:03 pm: From the perspective of virologist Prof. Christian Drosten , the coronavirus cases in German nursing homes mark a new phase in the epidemic , which is also associated with more reported deaths. "We are now seeing the entries in retirement homes, for example, and have the beginning of a new development here," said Drosten in his NDR podcast on Monday.
Germany had also been a bit lucky so far: First of all, it was mainly younger, sporty people like skiers who got the virus from vacation and spread it in their networks of about the same age. For the most part, these people experienced mild illnesses.
But now, due to several simultaneous effects, one will inevitably see an increase in the reported case mortality , Drosten predicted. That would already be visible in the statistics: it is no longer between 0.2 and 0.4, but in the range of 0.8 percent . The reason for this is that different age groups than previously are affected by the corona virus.
Corona virus in Germany: Drosten does not expect the test capacity to expand further
In addition, diagnostics can no longer keep up with an exponential development : "I do not believe that we can realistically still significantly increase our current test capacity," assumed Drosten with regard to PCR tests. Currently, more than half a million of these could be carried out in the Federal Republic every week. However, the expert is uncertain how long the industry can continue to meet the great need for laboratory reagents, says the Charité virologist.
While Drosten warns of a new phase of the corona epidemic in Germany, a group of US researchers has also made a worrying claim: According to their study, coronaviruses should stay in the air longer and also be able to cover longer distances than previously thought. Therefore, the researchers now made a recommendation that deviates from the guidelines of the federal government. Another virologist gives hope. He is convinced that there will be an effective remedy against Corona by autumn at the latest.
In China, the corona situation has apparently relaxed somewhat without any medication - the People's Republic has been registering very few new Covid 19 infections for days. But now there are doubts about the reported numbers.
Coronavirus in Germany: Merkel tested negative - medical association recommends easing the ban on contacts for those who have recovered
Update of March 30, 2020, 7:38 p.m .: Although the number of people infected with coronavirus continues to rise in Germany, at least Chancellor Angela Merkel can breathe more and more: No infection was found even with her third test for the novel coronavirus . This was announced by a government spokesman in Berlin on Monday, but added: "The Chancellor will continue to do business from her home quarantine in the next few days."
On March 22, Merkel went into quarantine at home after being informed that she had had contact with a doctor two days earlier who had subsequently tested positive for the coronavirus. The doctor had vaccinated Merkel preventively against pneumococci.
The German Medical Association , meanwhile, made a recommendation for people who have already overcome corona infection . The committee believes that the ban on contacts should be relaxed for them. It would be good to test as many Germans as possible for antibodies . "Anyone who is immune because they have the infection behind them could then go back to work and participate in social life," Klaus Reinhardt, president of the Medical Association, told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . "These people would be the first to be released into normal life." The great advantage is that they are neither endangered nor endanger others.
Corona virus in Germany: Bavaria and NRW have the highest number of cases
Update from March 30, 2020, 7:14 p.m .: According to an evaluation by the German Press Agency, 61,296 Covid-19 infections were registered in Germany by Monday afternoon . The dpa takes into account the reported figures of the Federal Government in its evaluation. Bavaria is particularly high with 14,437 cases and 133 deaths, and North Rhine-Westphalia with at least 14,219 cases and 125 deaths.
Based on 100,000 inhabitants , Hamburg has the highest number of infections with a value of 120.3 . The national average was 73.7. According to the information, at least 512 people infected with Sars-CoV-2 have died nationwide. Around 7,000 people with Covid 19 disease are currently being treated in the clinics in Germany. 1,500 of these are in intensive care units , and around 1,100 need ventilation . This resulted in a request from dpa to the German Hospital Society. The number of ventilation places has increased from 20,000 to 30,000.
Since the corona figures in Austria are alarming, the local chancellor Sebastian Kurz has announced a duty to wear a face mask when shopping. As of Wednesday, supermarkets would probably start distributing masks at the entrances. In this country, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas is now also open to a mouthguard obligation, for example when shopping as shown in Austria.
Corona virus in Germany: Meuse is open to the obligation to wear a mouth mask
"If it makes sense, you shouldn't rule something out," he said in an interview with the Bild newspaper on Monday. Then it must also be ensured that the masks are suitable for protecting yourself or others, Maas emphasized. "It is no use hanging anything on your face that does not have any protective effect at all," he warned.
Corona virus in Germany: Lower Saxony imposes admission freeze in old people's homes
Update of March 30, 2020, 2:33 p.m .: The state government of Lower Saxony now informed in a press conference about the current situation in Lower Saxony.
Two other people died in the Hanns-Lilje-Heim in Wolfsburg after being infected with the corona virus. As a result, the number of victims in the retirement and care home for dementia patients rises to 17.
As Carola Reimann, Minister of Health from Lower Saxony, explains, the behavior of some people in Lower Saxony was irresponsible. According to this, it has happened several times that relatives have brought their loved ones out of different homes throughout the state "for a coffee". Although a visit ban would have already applied.
This ban on visits should be observed under all circumstances. It is not known how the virus was introduced into the particularly badly affected home . The Wolfsburg Clinic can no longer accept more patients, the emergency room is now closed.
For this reason there will now be an admission freeze in all retirement homes in Lower Saxony. Only nursing homes that could guarantee a quarantine for new residents are excluded.
"Anyone who already nourishes false hopes of loosening is negligent," explains Reimann. According to Kreiszeitung.de *, a loosening of the measures is not foreseeable for the time being.
Corona virus in Germany: 40 infected in nursing home in Wolfsburg - lawyer reacts drastically
Statement of origin from March 30, 2020: Wolfsburg - Covid-19 has already claimed 15 lives in an old people's and nursing home in Wolfsburg , now another nursing home in Lower Saxony is fighting coronavirus infections. Meanwhile, a lawyer responds with a drastic ad.
Coronavirus in Germany: Another nursing home in Lower Saxony affected
Tests have confirmed that 23 residents and 17 employees of an old people's home in Wildeshausen in the district of Oldenburg are infected with the pathogen Sars-CoV-2, the district said.
The health department tested all 51 residents and 44 employees after an 89-year-old died with serious previous illnesses and coronavirus infection . So far, mild progress has been found in all patients in the senior residence.
Corona virus in Germany: employees and residents in nursing home infected
The extent of the disease indicates that the virus was not recently introduced into the home , said the district.
For this reason, the infected residents are cared for by employees who have also tested positive. The negatively tested residents who are accommodated in single rooms would be looked after by negatively tested employees.
"It is a terrible development, " emphasized Carsten Harings, district administrator of the Oldenburg district. This shows, “brutally” how important the restrictions such as the ban on entry or the prohibition of contact are.
Corona virus in Germany: lawyer with drastic reaction
A Wolfsburg lawyer has now filed charges for negligent killing, said a spokeswoman for the Braunschweig public prosecutor's office on Monday. She confirmed receipt of the complaint, which now goes to the responsible public prosecutor and will be checked. According to a report by the "Wolfsburger Allgemeine Zeitung", the criminal complaint is directed against those responsible at Diakonie Wolfsburg for negligent homicide in twelve cases. The diakonia could not be reached for comment.
According to the report, the lawyer referred to information from diakonia workers about grievances in nursing homes . He made serious allegations against the diakonia, where he believes there are "catastrophic hygienic conditions".
The nursing staff also have no protective masks to protect residents and themselves. The visitor stop in the homes came too late, according to the accusation. Of the approximately 165 residents of the Hanns-Lilje home, 72 were infected on Saturday, according to the health department.
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