The coming week will be warm in Germany and NRW. Could spring be a good sign against the corona virus? This is what experts say.
- Spring will finally arrive in Germany and North Rhine-Westphalia in the coming week.
- Could the coronaviruses also die, similar to the flu virus?
- Meteorologists and virologists disagree.
Dortmund - The coming week will finally be really spring-like in Germany and North Rhine-Westphalia . Temperatures of up to 22 degrees are expected. This also has an impact on the coronavirus *, as RUHR24.de * reports.
Corona virus in Germany ensures a long break in public life
The coronavirus has been keeping us busy for many weeks. Almost all shops are now closed and public life has come to a standstill.
If it is up to the virologist Alexander Kekulé , it could very soon come to an end. The good weather could now be our greatest ally in the fight against the corona virus .
Meteorologists and virologists see spring in the fight against the corona virus as an opportunity
"When it gets warm, the coronaviruses usually become weaker and the disease weakens. Summer could be our best ally," said the ARD virologist.
Weather expert Dominik Jung also believes that the sun plays the corona virus into the cards. "The spread could be somewhat slowed down by the sunny weather and the rising temperatures. The virus does not spread so well in dry air, in moist air it tends to accumulate on particles in the air and is transported on," said the meteorologist opposite picture .
Corona virus in spring: Virologist Christian Drosten from Charité Berlin is skeptical
But not everyone agrees. Virologist Christian Drosten from the Charité in Berlin looks rather skeptically at the forecasts. Although the heat and UV radiation would ensure that the viruses were stopped, this was particularly the case with influenza viruses and not with the corona viruses.
Virologist Christian Drosten is not convinced that the high temperatures will help against the corona virus.
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Virologist Jonas Schmidt - Chanasit from the Bernhard-Not Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg is also skeptical about people's hopes. "The influenza virus is a completely different virus than the corona virus. Just because a normal flu wave dies at higher outside temperatures does not necessarily apply to the corona virus. The weather may have a small impact, but the corona virus is unlikely to suddenly go away is just because it gets a few degrees warmer. "
Robert Koch Institute keeps covered about the corona virus in spring
The Robert Koch Institute has the same opinion as the Hamburg virologist. However, the institute asked Bild when there was no concrete knowledge of how the weather could affect the corona virus .
The high KEYWAN continues to bring us a lot of sunshine. In addition, the temperatures go up steeply. In the new week, over 20 degrees will be reached in many places. #Weather # spring #sun pic.twitter.com/86Nfey88Ij
- wetteronline.de (@WetterOnline) April 4, 2020However, one fact in particular should not be neglected: When the weather becomes spring-like, with lots of sun and high temperatures, it attracts people outside.
The risk of infection from the corona virus increases in spring
The parks are full again and the lakes, like Phoenix Lake in Dortmund *, invite you to take a walk. The risk of infection increases again, since the necessary safety distance from other people is often not maintained or would like to be maintained. Aqua
* RUHR24.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network
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