The Federal Foreign Office has adjusted its travel warnings.
New corona risk areas were added.
Meanwhile, an unusual request comes from Germany's top health insurance doctor.
The
Corona *
cases
continue to
rise in
Germany
.
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) points to a special development in the infection process.
Would a
vaccine be
almost ineffective?
One expert gives a gloomy forecast.
(see update from September 11, 11.43 a.m.)
Basic
facts about the coronavirus
*
can be found here.
We also offer you the current number of cases in
Germany
on a map
.
Update from September 11th, 6:08 pm
: The number of
reproductions
in
Germany
has reached the critical threshold of 1 again.
As can be seen from the management report of the Robert Koch Institute that has just been published, the
R-value
rises
from 0.9 to 1.0 (data status: September 11, 12 a.m.).
The smoothed seven-day R climbs from 1.04 to 1.11.
The
RKI
writes about the increase: "The increased
R-values
can be largely attributed to increasing cases among people entering the country, especially after vacation trips during the summer holidays, but also to a larger number of smaller outbreaks that still exist."
Corona in Germany: police stop Covid 19 criminals - innkeeper wanted to steal half a million euros in financial aid
Update from September 11, 4:32 p.m
.: In
Baden-Württemberg
, investigators have arrested a restaurant operator who fraudulently applied for almost half a million euros in Corona emergency aid.
The 32-year-old from
Rottweil
wrongly wanted to sneak 488,000 euros under changing identities, as the public prosecutor in
Rottweil
and the state criminal
investigation office
in
Stuttgart announced
on Friday.
He has been arrested and is on remand.
Accordingly, the businessman applied for
corona emergency aid
in 18 cases between March and July
, using changing names, company data and accounts.
However, attentive employees of the authorities responsible for the approval became suspicious and sounded the alarm.
So only parts of the requested
Corona aid money were
paid out.
The investigators spoke of a "high level of criminal energy" that the man displayed for purposes of deception.
He even tried one last time after the officials had searched their homes for the allegations.
Two days after the raid, he
submitted
another
corona aid application
.
He was then arrested on Thursday.
Corona: "Germany can afford to step a little less on the brakes"
Update from September 11, 11.43 a.m
.: Germany can afford more infections, says lung expert Prof. Dr.
Torsten Bauer in a picture interview (behind the payment barrier).
The chief physician at the Heckeshorn Lung Clinic at Berlin's Helios Clinic Emil von Behring calls for a
new corona strategy
and warns against placing
all hopes
on a
corona vaccine
.
In his opinion, strict measures were taken to prevent the health system from collapsing.
However, 1,000 to 1,500 new infections per day would be too few for “natural immunization”.
“Germany can afford to apply the brakes a little less.
We have one of the
best health systems in the world
, an overload due to a controlled relaxation of the measures is no longer likely, ”says Prof. Dr.
Torsten Bauer opposite the picture.
Instead of making measures dependent only on the number of infections, the top physician thinks it makes more sense than key figures to consider the occupancy in the clinics.
As of September 10, 233 corona cases, 129 of them ventilated, are being treated in the intensive care unit in a hospital, reports the
Robert Koch Institute (RKI)
.
The Vice-President of the German Society for Pneumology doubts that a
corona vaccine will
completely prevent
the disease caused by the
Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus
.
He even describes it as "unrealistic".
A vaccination can, however, reduce severe courses.
Meanwhile, one country has already imposed a second lockdown.
Corona crisis in Germany: "Switch off panic mode" calls for an expert
Update from September 11, 2020
: The National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KBV) pleads for a further relaxation of the
corona rules
in Germany.
“
You can switch off the panic mode
”, demanded the
chairman
of
the National Association of Statutory
Health Insurance Physicians (KBV)
,
Andreas Gassen
, in an interview with the business magazine
Business Insider.
With regard to the
infection process, there are
currently neither
explosive corona hotspots
, nor have the
capacities
in
intensive care units been
used up.
The
number
of
deaths
and
intensive care
patients is currently at a
low level
.
Gassen, for example, calls for
relaxation
at
events
.
"It doesn't make sense to me why a stadium for up to 60,000 people cannot accommodate events with 5,000 to 8,000 people," said the KBV chairman. It is important that
close contacts are avoided
so that the
risk of infection can
be
minimized
. " The numbers give reason to rethink corona measures without becoming reckless, ”said Gassen.
According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI),
1484
new corona infections
recorded nationwide
since the previous day were
counted
on Friday
.
The
total number
of
cases
of
contagion rose
to
256,850 cases
.
Around
230,600 infected people
have already
recovered
.
Corona in Germany: Suddenly almost 2000 - enormous increase in the number of newly infected
Update from September 10, 9:15 p.m.:
There are new figures from the
Robert Koch Institute:
According to the current management report, the number of
reproductions is
currently
0.90
(data status: September 10, 12 a.m.).
The R-value increases slightly compared to the previous day.
An infected person now infects 0.9 people on average.
The
seven-day R-value
is the calculated that RKI at 1.04 and is therefore also increased.
This value relates to a longer period of time and is therefore subject to smaller fluctuations.
"The
cumulative incidence of
the last 7 days across Germany was
9.9 cases per 100,000 inhabitants,
" writes the RKI in its report.
No cases were transmitted from 26 counties in the last 7 days.
In another 131 counties, the
7-day incidence would be
below 5.0 / 100,000 inhabitants.
Update from September 10th, 10.14 a.m
.: The German
virologist Hendrik Streeck
explains in the fight against the
corona pandemic *,
the "pure number of infections"
(which is currently increasing in Germany, see the previous update)
, does not necessarily say anything about the
"burden of a society ”
, the virologist told
focus.de
.
Rather, for an
overall picture
, the number of
corona tests *
, the
severity of the disease progression *
and the
inpatient occupancy
of hospitals with
Sars-CoV-2 infected people
(which, according to him, currently
accounts
for around four
percent of
all corona cases in this country) must be considered .
Streeck now proposes to
combine
these four key figures into “a
common guide value
”, which can then be
displayed
“using a
traffic light,
for example
”: “We have
collected
a lot of
data over
the past
six months
that help us to design such a traffic light, which simply reflects the current situation.
And if we act accordingly, then we have a good chance of
making it
through the
winter
well
, ”he said.
However, after almost nine months, a corona balance can be drawn: This is how deadly the virus is in Germany, Europe and worldwide.
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Virologist Hendrik Streeck would find a "Corona traffic light" useful for orientation.
© Federico Gambarini / dpa
Update from September 10th, 7.25 a.m.:
After the number of
new infections
with the
coronavirus
had increased significantly in the past few weeks, but then remained at a constant level, the
Robert Koch Institute has
now recorded another significant increase in the officially recorded
New infections
.
Accordingly, around 1892 new
positive cases were
recorded
in the past 24 hours
.
On
Wednesday
, the RKI reported a significantly lower number with around 1176 new infections.
According to the
RKI, the
number of fatalities increased
by a further three people to 9341.
Corona in Germany: RKI publishes figures from Wednesday
Update from September 9th, 10:17 pm
: New figures from the
Robert Koch Institute
.
The
reproduction number
is according to the current management report of the
RKI
0.88 (data as of September 9, 00:00).
The
R-value
drops significantly compared to the previous day, when it was 1.10.
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, this gives
RKI
a so-called
seven-day R
on.
The value relates to a longer period and is therefore less subject to daily fluctuations.
According to RKI estimates, this value was 0.95 (previous day: 0.98).
It shows the infection process from eight to 16 days ago.
Corona in Germany: Foreign Office extends travel warnings for Europe
Update from September 9, 8:09 p.m
.: The
Federal Foreign Office is
expanding its travel warnings for
Europe
.
The cities of
Geneva
and the neighboring Swiss
canton of Vaud
, the Croatian holiday resort of
Dubrovnik
and
Prague
in the Czech Republic, where the corona numbers reached a new record on Wednesday,
are now affected
.
In addition, the already existing travel warnings for parts of
France have been
expanded.
Accordingly, due to the high number of infections,
warnings
are now also given against
traveling to
Corsica
and the regions
Île-de-France
,
Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur
,
Auvergne-Rhônes-Alpes
,
Occitanie
and
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
.
Due to the increased number of new corona infections, travel warnings had already been issued for the
Île-de-France
with the capital
Paris
and the
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region
.
Corona in Germany: After Covid-19 outbreak in local - police are investigating
Update from September 9, 4:40 p.m
.: A corona outbreak in a restaurant hit the headlines in May.
After a party in a restaurant in East Frisia (Lower Saxony), more than 30 guests of the 50 were infected.
Two of the infected later died.
Now the police and the public prosecutor's office are investigating the suspicion of negligent homicide.
All those present at the time should be questioned, said a spokeswoman for the Aurich public prosecutor's office on Wednesday.
She did not mention the name of the restaurant in Lower Saxony.
According to a report in the Ostfriesen-Zeitung (behind the payment barrier) it is the "old barn" in Moormerland (Leer district).
The suspicion is directed against unknown, said the spokeswoman.
“At the moment we only have witnesses who will be questioned.
We have no accused. ”One possibility of culpable behavior is if someone went to the celebration even though he was already showing suspicious symptoms.
The police should reconstruct the course of the evening as precisely as possible, she said.
As far as we know from May, three guests had shown symptoms before the evening that indicated Covid 19 disease.
Because of the corona outbreak in the closed society, around 200 people were quarantined, including employees of the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg.
The restaurant operator emphasizes that he has always followed all hygiene guidelines with regard to the corona virus.
In the meantime, African swine fever could have broken out in Brandenburg.
Corona crisis in Germany: Flat-rate travel warning for around 160 countries ends
Update from September 9, 1:11 p.m
.: The
general travel warning
for almost all around
160 countries
outside the EU and the Schengen area free of border controls will end on September 30.
From October 1, according to a decision by the Federal Cabinet, there will be assessments tailored to the situation in the individual states, as the dpa news agency learned from government circles on Wednesday.
On the website of the Federal Foreign Office (AA) you can find the information about the lifting of the general travel warning from October 1st and the differentiated travel and safety information for individual countries that will then apply.
Corona in Germany: Charité study - no increased risk for train drivers
Update from September 9, 12.53 p.m
.: According to a Charité study, employees of the Bahn are not exposed to an increased corona risk.
Train attendants, train drivers and maintenance mechanics were examined for corona infection and antibodies as part of a study by the Berlin University Clinic.
According to the railway, 600 train attendants for IC and ICE trains, like all 1000 test persons in total, were randomly selected and were voluntarily tested from June 29th to July 3rd.
Employees with customer contact, such as train attendants, were therefore even less affected than other employees.
Carnival start on 11.11.
- 17 clubs cancel “with a heavy heart” because of the corona pandemic
Update from September 9, 12.42 p.m
.: The
carnival
in
Trier
(Rhineland-Palatinate) is canceled due to Corona.
In any case, the foolish event at the
start of the carnival session on 11.11.
and the
opening gala
in January 2021 was canceled, the President of the Trier Carnival Working Group (ATK), Andreas Peters, told the dpa news agency on Wednesday.
Representatives of the 17 affiliated clubs decided on Tuesday evening with a "heavy heart".
It is not possible to offer these events under the current Corona requirements on distance and hygiene.
Corona in Germany: "Have to watch developments closely"
Update from September 9th, 9.22 a.m
.: Since mid-July (as, by the way, also in Great Britain) there has been an increase in the number of cases transmitted, which has
stabilized
at a higher level
in the
last week
, is in the Covid-19 management report of the
Robert- Koch Institute
(RKI) to read.
Nationwide, there are different outbreaks in different districts that are associated with family celebrations, parties and also return travelers.
The current development must be observed very closely.
Younger people
make up a relatively high proportion of new infections.
An RKI graphic shows which age group has been affected by the infection process since the beginning of the corona pandemic (Figure 8, RKI situation report of September 8).
At the beginning of the corona pandemic, the age groups of
15 to 34 year olds
and
35 to 59 year olds
were the
first
to be
infected
, explains the RKI.
Then the group of over 80s followed.
After a decrease in all age groups, according to the RKI, there is currently an increase in the age group of
15 to 34 year olds
, followed by the age group of
5 to 14 year olds
and now also the
35 to 59 year olds
.
Only in the age group over 60 years of age does the infection rate remain at the low level of the previous week.
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RKI graphic: Presentation of the reported COVID-19 cases / 100,000 inhabitants in Germany by age group and reporting week (September 8, 2020, data status 0.00 a.m.)
© RKI
In the past 24 hours, a
particularly large number of new infections have been registered
in
Bavaria
and
Baden-Württemberg
, as a look at the RKI statistics shows.
Of the total of 1176 corona cases in Germany, the numbers are mainly distributed between these two federal states.
The table (see below) lists all federal states with new infections over 15 corona cases.
In
North Rhine-Westphalia
, where there was a serious traffic accident near Paderborn, officially 183 new infections were recorded in the past 24 hours.
For comparison: On Tuesday the number in
North
Rhine-Westphalia was
844
(see update from September 9th, 6.24 a.m.).
The RKI does not explain why the numbers in Germany's most populous federal state fluctuate so and whether they are meaningful.
However, the RKI points out that there may be a delay in the data at individual health authorities.
No data was transmitted from Hamburg on Tuesday.
state | New infections (as of: 9.9.2020, 00.00 a.m.) |
---|---|
Bavaria | +317 |
Baden-Württemberg | +257 |
NRW | +183 |
Hesse | +97 |
Berlin | +87 |
Lower Saxony | +82 |
Rhineland-Palatinate | +49 |
Saxony | +36 |
Schleswig-Holstein | +18 |
Brandenburg | +16 |
Coronavirus in Germany: RKI reports more than 1000 new infections
Update from September 9, 6:24 a.m.:
The health authorities in
Germany
reported
1176 new corona infections
within one day
.
This was announced by the
Robert Koch Institute (RKI)
.
Since the beginning of the Corona crisis, at least 253,474 people in Germany have been proven to be infected with the Sars-CoV-2 * virus.
By Wednesday morning (September 9), around 228,000 people had
survived
the
infection
.
The number of deaths in connection with a corona infection is 9338. That is
nine more deaths
compared to the previous day.
According
to
RKI estimates
in
Germany, the
reproduction number
(R value *) was
1.10 (previous day: 1.12) according to a statement on Tuesday (September 8).
This means that one infected person infects a little more than one other person on average.
The
R-value
depicts the
infection rate
about one and a half weeks beforehand.
Corona in Germany: the number of cases in NRW is apparently increasing enormously
The data in the
RKI management report
shows that of
those infected
from August 31 to September 6
, for whom information on the country of
infection
is available,
32 percent were likely to be infected abroad
.
Viewed over a period of four weeks,
Croatia
,
Kosovo
,
Turkey
,
Bosnia
and
Herzegovina
and
Spain were
most frequently named as likely infection countries.
Like
Focus Online
reported that the number of cases has
recently increased enormously
, especially in
North Rhine-Westphalia
.
According to reports from Tuesday evening (September 8),
844 new corona cases were reported there
within 24 hours.
It was followed by
Bavaria
with 413 new cases and
Baden-Württemberg
with 257 cases.
Corona in Germany: waiter goes to work despite infection - consequences for all guests
Update from September 8, 8:55 p.m.:
The next
Corona scandal
- this time in
Frankfurt am Main.
As ntv.de reports, a
waiter
apparently
infected
with the
corona
virus did not adhere to the
quarantine rules
- and instead went to work as usual.
The
positive corona test
was allegedly known to him, it continues.
And: The responsible health department must now check around 400 contacts of the man.
A colleague who
greeted
the waiter without a
face
mask had also tested positive for the
SARS-CoV-2 pathogen
.
In the case of the other contacts, the risk of infection is classified as low, since the waiter otherwise wore a mask and adhered to the distance rules.
This is probably one of the reasons why there is no quarantine for the guests - but for the man's colleagues.
As
ntv.de
continues to write, the
quarantine breaker must
now expect a penalty.
Update from September 8, 8:40 p.m.:
Prime Minister
Markus Söder (CSU)
has announced far-reaching innovations in the
corona measures in Bavaria
at a press conference
.
"Winter is coming," said the regional chief from
Munich
after a meeting of his cabinet this Tuesday: "We are facing a practical test."
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Corona in Germany: The number of cases is increasing (symbol image).
© Fabian Strauch / dpa
Corona pandemic in Germany: Many restaurateurs fear for their existence
Update from September 8th, 8:30 p.m.:
The
coronavirus pandemic in Germany
poses
major problems for the Federal Republic's
economy
.
This has been known for a long time, but is becoming more and more tangible.
A survey by the German hotel and restaurant association,
DEHOGA
, among its members has now shown that almost two thirds of the
innkeepers
do not know whether they can still keep their business.
Accordingly, 61.6 percent of companies fear for their existence.
Dehoga: Hospitality Industry Expects 50 Percent Revenue Reduction https://t.co/mnCQChntnM via @faznet
- DEHOGA Bundesverband (@DEHOGA_BV) September 8, 2020
According to the survey,
restaurateurs
expect
their sales to
collapse by half
this year due to the
corona pandemic
and its consequences.
The association is talking about the greatest crisis of the post-war period, reports the
ARD Tagesschau
.
Update from September 8, 6:50 p.m.:
An epidemiologist warns of the danger of many
children
*
infected
with the
coronavirus
by starting
schools
.
This is also very bad
for controlling the
corona pandemic in Germany
.
Corona pandemic in Germany: Angela Merkel thanks health authorities
First report from September 8th:
The
corona pandemic
is still the dominant topic in Germany.
In this country, the
health authorities
play a central role in combating the disease
.
At an online conference on the public health service on Tuesday (September 8th),
Chancellor Angela Merkel
(CDU)
praised
the work of the authorities.
In a recent survey, a majority of Germans see it that way too.
Coronavirus in Germany: Chancellor Angela Merkel sees room for improvement
At a virtual conference on the work of the
health authorities
in Germany,
Chancellor Angela Merkel
thanked the employees for their work.
The
pandemic is
responsible for tasks "that result in an incredible amount of additional work," she said.
What the employees do every day is “unusual”, according to
Merkel
.
The
health authorities play
a “central role” in combating chains of
infection
during the crisis
.
According
to the Chancellor,
they have a "significant part" in the fact that Germany is
relatively stable in terms of
the number of
infections
. The second wave * is only starting slowly. In other countries, it often does not look like that. In Austria in particular, the number of infections is increasing again worryingly on.
The federal government is investing 4 billion euros in the public health service of the federal states.
@jensspahn: "The aim is a networked system of modern health authorities throughout Germany."
pic.twitter.com/rKjYz6aqK4
- BMG (@BMG_Bund) September 5, 2020
The
Chancellor
sees room for improvement, especially in the technical area.
The "digital possibilities" of the
health authorities
leave a lot to be desired, according to
Merkel
. The personnel could also be better positioned. That is why the federal and state governments agreed in the "Pact for the Public Health Service" to create 5,000 new jobs
four billion euros earmarked
for all measures.
Corona in Germany: Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder with a clear message
Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder
(CSU) and
Hamburg's First Mayor Peter Tschentscher
(SPD)
also spoke at the event
.
The public health service has never been "as valuable" as it is today, said
Söder
in his welcome.
"Superhuman" things have been done there in the past few months.
But he also followed the praise with a demand.
“Just praising or clapping” would be too little, warned the
CSU boss
.
The working conditions must be improved sustainably.
For the social democrat
Tschentscher
, it is particularly a matter of
strengthening
the
health authorities
and
providing them with
better technical equipment.
Networking with other parts of the health system must be improved.
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Corona virus in Germany: Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder calls for better working conditions.
© Michele Tantussi / Reuters / Pool / dpa / dpa-Bildfunk
Corona in Germany: The majority of Germans are satisfied with the Corona measures
In a recent survey, a large majority of citizens said they were satisfied with their work at the municipal level - that is, in the
district and health offices
.
60 percent of those surveyed think that the measures have proven themselves in containing the virus *, it was announced at the German District Association.
At 67 percent, approval was highest among 30 to 39 year olds.
"People are
overwhelmingly satisfied
with the work of the districts and municipalities in dealing with the
pandemic
," said District
Assembly President Reinhard Sager
(CDU).
Coronavirus in Germany: "The pandemic can be managed well decentrally"
Sager
, who comes from the Schleswig-Holstein district of Ostholstein, went on to say that the fight against the
pandemic is
in good hands in the hands of the districts and municipalities.
"If we have been able to learn
one thing
in the past six months, it is this: The
pandemic
can be managed well on a decentralized basis."
The
district council
president again spoke out in favor of the fact that measures should not be the same everywhere, but must be adapted to the respective local conditions.
Coronavirus: These are the current numbers in Germany
According to the latest information from the
Robert Koch Institute
(RKI), the
health authorities reported
1499 new cases on Monday (as of September 8, midnight).
Thus, since the beginning of the
pandemic,
252,298 people in Germany
have been
infected
with the
virus
.
226,500 people have already survived the disease.
After four more deaths, the number of victims of the
corona pandemic
is 9,329.
1499 # Coronavirus cases in 🇩🇪 reported by the RKI for yesterday.
Of these come from:
Bavaria 506
Baden-Württemberg 269
NRW 262
Hesse 133
Lower Saxony 88
Rhineland-Palatinate 70
Berlin 65
Hamburg 41
Schleswig-Holstein 24
Brandenburg 12
The other 6 federal states were <15. @ welt pic.twitter.com/3XFMSRVy8b
- Olaf Gersemann (@OlafGersemann) September 8, 2020
The number of reproductions * - also called the
R value
- is now 1.12.
It has risen steadily from 1.0 in the past four days.
The previous day the value was 1.10.
Thus, one infected person infects more than one other person with the
virus
.
The
RKI also
gives a seven-day R-value.
This is 0.95.
While the first number
reflects
the
infection process of
the last seven days, the second number describes a period from eight to 16 days and is therefore more meaningful.
(tel) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.
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