SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach expects the number of infections in daycare centers to rise. Meanwhile, parents resist rigorous isolation strategies.
- The SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach predicts that the number of coronavirus * infections in children will increase in the fall.
- Meanwhile, parents from Hessen and Baden-Württemberg are defending themselves: They fear a rigorous containment strategy by the health authorities .
- The background to this was information from the city of Bruchsal (Karlsruhe district) , which had even threatened "forced placement in closed facilities".
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Munich - A child infected with the coronavirus can remain symptom-free - or fall slightly to seriously ill. Affected families are plunged into a previously unknown dilemma: How do you deal with a - possibly needy - child whose parents can also become infected while caring for them, but then possibly become much more seriously ill?
An information letter sent by the city of Bruchsal which allegedly asked parents to " isolate affected children in quarantine at home " did not prove to be particularly helpful . Failure to comply is said to have even threatened to “forcibly place the child in a closed facility”. A similar case is said to have occurred in the Offenbach district - here with the reference to isolating children from the family.
Coronavirus in children: SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach fears an increase in cases in autumn
The SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach in particular fears that the number of infections among children will increase when they start school and at the beginning of autumn and winter.
Important schoolchildren study Charité begins. Comparison of self-smeared cheek, gargle and nose. This means that symptomatic children can be examined in the future without having to go into practice. Clarification of how self-sacrifices work must finally be done https://t.co/19naxQxodm
- Karl Lauterbach (@Karl_Lauterbach) August 6, 2020"We then have to completely isolate the classes in the schools where a case arises, ideally for a week, including teachers and parents," Lauterbach said in ntv.
Corona in children: Authorities deny the order to separate children from parents
The authorities in Bruchsal and Offenbach have meanwhile denied that the letters they sent were about isolating the children from their parents. The legislators see before principle that the restriction of the pandemic and the prevention * have a high priority, the Offenbach district - all regardless of age. Nevertheless, one has to keep an eye on the reality of life : "It is by no means simply about completely separating (small) children from their parents and siblings, but - where possible and justifiable - finding alternatives in everyday interaction with one another." What such alternatives look like could keep families busy for longer.
(kat / * Merkur.de is part of the Germany-wide Ippen-Digital editors network.)
