Does Germany measure double standards when evaluating corona risk areas? The number of new Covid-19 infections has long exceeded the critical value in the Balearic Islands - and yet nothing happens.
- Summer vacation in the corona pandemic : The number of new Covid-19 infections is increasing rapidly in the Balearic Islands .
- According to the measured 7-day incidence, Germany would have to declare Mallorca and Ibiza a corona risk area .
- Covid 19 crisis : the number of cases in the Balearic Islands is higher than in the rest of Spain or the Balkans - but the islands are still not considered to be coronavirus risk areas .
Munich / Palma - Germany should actually declare the Balearic Islands and thus the popular holiday islands Mallorca and Ibiza to be corona risk areas , but it doesn't. This is suggested by the new Covid 19 figures from Spain and a report by the ARD Tagesschau .
Coronavirus pandemic on Mallorca and Ibiza: The Balearic Islands are not considered a corona risk area
The Balearic Islands are concerned about being declared a corona risk area, the report said. And obviously not in vain. As the Tagesschau reports, the authorities on the Balearic Islands currently count more than 1000 corona infections .
The same applies in Spain and Germany: If 50 new corona cases are registered for every 100,000 inhabitants within a week , the Covid 19 situation in the corresponding region is classified as critical. This now applies to seven Spanish provinces - including the Balearic Islands, it said.
#Mallorca is in fact already a #risk area with 55 / 100,000 inhabitants on a 7-day average. Why is the AA not responding? #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/zD0eNBw7cL
- MaryMüller non-party but not apolitical (@ MaryMueller1904) August 12, 2020The 7-day incidence there is therefore 67 . Spicy: This value is significantly higher than in other countries that are classified as corona risk areas.
Corona value in Mallorca and Ibiza much higher than in Covid-19 risk areas
A look at the Balkans helps to understand. As of August 11, risk areas were: Montenegro, still a vacation destination. There the 7-day incidence was 62.2. And in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the 7-day incidence on the same day was 56.0 - according to the Federal Foreign Office, still a risk area. Spain as a whole had a value of 50.7 - and recently leveled off just above the critical mark.
Another example: The 7-day incidence in Luxembourg was put at 52.9, which is why the Grand Duchy is also a corona risk area - the Balearic Islands, where the value is almost 14 higher, but not.
Corona pandemic in the Balearic Islands: Why are Mallorca and Ibiza not declared risk areas?
But so far the Foreign Office has not declared Mallorca and Ibiza to be Covid 19 risk areas. (pm) * merkur.de is part of the Germany-wide Ippen-Digital editors network