Another corona lockdown necessary? Steinmeier positions himself clearly - and declares "path of caution"

The corona virus remains the topic in Germany.

The Robert Koch Institute publishes the latest figures on a daily basis.

This time they cause a surprise.

• The

  Robert Koch Institute (RKI)

  reports the number of

  new corona infections

  from the previous day on a

  daily basis

  .

• Now the RKI is reporting

  technical problems

  - including on Twitter.

• The

  glitch

  will also affect the

  7 day incidence

  .

Update from September 5, 7:07 a.m

.: According to the

, the health authorities

reported 1378 new infections from early Saturday morning

within one day

.

This means

that at least 248,997 people in Germany

have been

proven to have been infected with

since the beginning of the

(data as of September 5, 12 a.m.).

According to the RKI, the number of deaths in connection with a corona infection is 9324.

Two more deaths have been reported

since the

previous day.

According to RKI estimates, around 222,900 people had survived the infection by Saturday morning.

According to estimates by the RKI on Friday, the R value is 0.85 (previous day: 0.77).

This

means that one infected person infects slightly less than another person on average.

The R-value depicts the infection rate about one and a half weeks beforehand.

The seven-day R value is 0.94 (previous day: 0.91).

It shows the

from eight to 16 days ago.

Corona in Germany: Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier optimistic

Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier

has meanwhile been optimistic about the prospects for the fight against the

.

“I find the reports about the promising research on

quite encouraging,” Steinmeier told the editorial network Germany (RND, Saturday).

"There is light at the end of the tunnel - but we do not know how long it is still to go." Therefore, efforts and discipline should not

be slacked off now.

"We have

mastered

the

, now we are not going to take part Normality fail. "

However, the burdens on people are real, he understands that worries are increasing.

"But the lower number of new infections and the possible loosening are convincing arguments

to stay

on the path of

." The "Corona fatigue" must not turn into ruthlessness.

Corona crisis in Germany: Steinmeier is considering memorial service for victims

Steinmeier does not anticipate that there will be such extensive

public life as at the previous height of the crisis.

Everyone knows “that a second

extremely detrimental to the economy.

And we shouldn't expect the same level of acceptance as we did four or five months ago, ”said Steinmeier.

"That is why all federal and state politics are geared towards

avoiding

this scenario

."

The Federal President is considering a

for the victims of the corona pandemic.

"We must

not forget

the grief of the

," he said.

“We need to help people in their grief - and think about how we can express our compassion.

When is the right time for this and whether a memorial hour, for example, is the right framework, one has to talk about it, and I do that with the representatives of the other constitutional organs. "

Update from September 4, 10 p.m.:

The number of

in

seems to be leveling off again at the same level as in the past few days.

As reported by

and

the evening, according to

in

around 1411

have been registered in the past 24 hours.

Most new infections are said to have occurred again in Bavaria, 324 people in the state tested positive for the virus on Friday.

But

and

report high numbers of infections with 333 and 284 cases, respectively.

How high the

actually registered on Friday will be,

however, will be shown on Saturday morning.

Then the Robert Koch Institute publishes the official number of new infections in Germany.

Corona in Germany: Next test breakdown - now in Hamburg

Update from September 4, 8:30 p.m.:

After the

, there now also seems to be a breakdown in

.

As

now reports, 250 laboratory samples from returnees from risk areas were apparently lost in Hamburg.

As the Hamburg

reports, the reason is an incorrect assignment.

According to this,

should be

affected who had themselves tested last Friday at the airport in Hamburg.

As the health authority further explains, the 250 people should now be contacted and tested again.

There is currently no acute risk of infection for the population, as all 250 people were urged

to go

into

after their test

.

Corona in Germany: Corona test breakdown in Bavaria is making waves

Update from September 4, 7.45 p.m.:

Christian Drosten spoke in his podcast about shortening the quarantine from 14 to five days.

The statement made waves, so the virologist followed up on Twitter.

Update from September 4, 3:30 p.m.:

There is another major

.

And: around 10,000 people are affected.

They were all

tested

for the insidious

at Bavarian airports between Saturday and Tuesday

.

But: You did not get a result within the promised deadline of 48 hours, as a spokesman for the Bavarian Ministry of Health has now announced.

The reason was an IT problem at the private service provider Ecolog, which

carries out the tests

on behalf of the Free State at

.

Corona pandemic in Germany: Sharp criticism of the quarantine obligation for travelers returning

Update from September 4, 2.35 p.m.:

Sharp criticism of the

for

from

.

"The system before that was clearly the better and did less damage," said Jens Bischof, CEO of

, the news magazine SPIEGEL.

The airline's booking situation worsened significantly after the federal and state governments decided that travelers returning from risk areas had to isolate themselves for at least five days, the manager said.

Therefore, the airline is canceling numerous flights to

and

foreseeable future

.

According to the

Spain as the entire country and parts of Croatia are

considered

- the

issued appropriate travel warnings.

Coronavirus in Germany: Armin Laschet comments on quarantine plans

Update from September 4, 2:15 p.m

.:

Due to

lot of discussion

in

about

shortening

the

for

.

Now

, Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), has joined the debate.

"It would make the whole system easier," said Laschet this Friday in Düsseldorf.

Expecting people to

for

less than 14 days

increases acceptance of the measure.

However, such a step must be scientifically proven.

“And if, in the end, there should be consensus among all virologists that seven or eight days are indeed enough for a quarantine, then politics will not ignore it,” said the CDU politician.

Corona pandemic in Germany: Mighty breakdown at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI)

First report from September 4th: Berlin

- technical breakdown at the

: Due to technical problems, on September 3rd after 4 p.m. no data communicated by the responsible state authorities were included in the

.

Therefore, around

were not reported enough.

The RKI reported new

for day 782

.

According to the RKI, this also means that the

underestimated in some circles.

The data should be up to date with the next update at midnight.

There were technical problems when transmitting the #cases.

Please note the current notice.

https://t.co/TQxNBTnfKS # COVID19 # SARSCoV2 pic.twitter.com/YpXcTFTYoN

- Robert Koch Institute (@rki_de) September 4, 2020

Coronavirus in Germany: "Increase in the number of cases has stabilized" (RKI)

The corrected number of new infections in Germany on September 3 is

.

Since the beginning of the

, around

in Germany have been shown to have been

infected

with the

virus.

According to RKI estimates

, around

had survived the infection by

Friday morning

.

The RKI wrote in the 

on Thursday evening: "The increase in the number of cases reported since mid-July has stabilized in the last week and the 7-day incidence has fallen again nationwide."

+

Scene at a corona test station at Dresden Airport: The RKI has made a technical glitch with the daily number of cases in Germany.

© Robert Michael / dpa-Zentralbild / dpa

Coronavirus in Germany: Seven-day R remains the same

According

to RKI estimates in Germany, the number of

reproductions, or

short

, was

(previous day: 0.80)

according to a statement on Thursday evening

.

This means that one infected person infects less than one other person on average.

The R-value depicts the infection rate about one and a half weeks beforehand.

In addition, the RKI gives a so-called

in its current situation report

.

The value relates to a longer period and is therefore less subject to

.

According to RKI estimates, this value was 0.91 (previous day: 0.91).

It shows the

from 8 to 16 days ago.

(dpa / AFP / frs)

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