Researchers warn of "superbugs": "If you think Corona is bad ..."

While the coronavirus pandemic is being fought against around the world, researchers are warning of another danger - and citing worrying figures.

• While the world has been battling the coronavirus for months, researchers are already warning of another danger.

• Researchers urgently draw attention to so-called "superbugs".

• The World Health Organization (WHO) has already pointed out the danger.

Munich - After almost nine months, a corona balance can be drawn based on data.

At the beginning of the

 ,

the perspectives 

differed widely, but it is now possible to take stock of the corona death rate *.

But while the global pandemic is still being fought and some countries are apparently slipping into a second corona wave *, researchers are warning of an apparently much more

.

More dangerous than Corona?

Researchers urgently warn of so-called "superbugs"

The coronavirus pandemic hit one country after the other - and the danger has long since not been averted.

So far 909,672 people have died of

worldwide

, millions of people have become infected

.

Still, the pandemic doesn't seem to be the greatest threat we humans face.

The researchers focus on so-called "superbugs": multi-resistant germs (MRSA germs).

The term

stands for microorganisms such as bacteria, which are characterized by

.

Corona: "If you think Corona is bad ...": Researchers warn urgently of other dangers

"If you think Corona is bad, you don't want anything to do with antimicrobial resistance (AMR)," said

, head of research for biosecurity at Australian government research organization CSIRO, told The Guardian, adding: “Covid doesn't even come close to the potential impact of

We would be thrown back into the Middle Ages of medicine. "

If you think COVID-19 is bad, you don't want anti-microbial resistance. @ CentreHealthSec @ACIARAustralia @OneHealthAu

https://t.co/SONZJiYSbZ

- CSIRO (@CSIRO) September 11, 2020

The researcher * mentions all of this against the background of a three-year study that was

carried out

in

.

Despite having a population of less than a million, Fiji is one of the countries with one of the highest rates of bacterial infections in the world.

A high level of tuberculosis cases and a high rate of amputations as a result of diabetes would increase the use of

, as

explains.

In order

to identify

and

to determine

the occurrence of

, data from hospitals, companies contaminated with pharmaceuticals and the general environment were analyzed.

Meanwhile, the number of corona infections is also increasing in Germany.

An expert gave a dire forecast.

Meanwhile, one country has already imposed a second lockdown.

Researchers warn of multi-resistant germs - and give worrying figures

"When you consider how

a role in practically every part of our health system today, simple things like scratching, childbirth could kill, cancer treatment, major surgery, diabetes," said De Barro and continues, "In the background all of these cases is the use of

“All of this, the researcher said, would be“ very, very challenging ”in an environment in which antibiotics would no longer work and put great pressure on health systems - similar to the current situation caused by the

.

But the figures that can be read on the official website of the research organization CSIRO, among other things, seem far more serious.

According to this, 700,000 people worldwide are already

dying

from

.

By 2050, it is said, this number could increase to

.

Corona: Dangerous threat in direct context - WHO also warns

The

has also warned of an increase in deaths during the corona crisis due to the excessive use of antibiotics.

As the

reports with reference to the WHO, many countries monitor

and report on

.

These data show that these resistances would continue to rise.

"The more evidence we gather, the clearer and more worrying it becomes

how quickly we are losing critical antimicrobial drugs around the world," said

.

The heavy use of antibiotics will lead to increasing resistance of bacteria to these agents, said the general director.

According to the organization, only a small proportion of corona patients need antibiotics to treat bacterial infections accompanying the disease.

According to a recent study, the coronavirus can also affect sperm production and thus lead to infertility.