The measures that have been tightened since Wednesday were welcomed by four intensive care physicians at a press conference in Berlin.
There are more and more younger people among the newly infected, they said.
The
Corona *
numbers
in
Germany
continue to rise rapidly.
Chancellor Angela Merkel announced new corona rules including partial lockdown at a press conference.
At a press conference in Berlin, intensive care physicians reported on the current situation in the hospitals.
They welcomed the tightened measures.
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Update from October 29, 6:17 p.m.:
The utilization of
intensive care beds
in the
Corona
crisis is increasingly becoming the focus of politics.
As with the new infections, there are drastic leaps upwards here.
On Thursday,
1696
people
in Germany were
in
intensive
care in
connection with a
Covid
infection
.
That was 127 more than the day before, as the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine reported in its daily report.
Of these,
826
people, i.e. almost 46 percent, had to be
invasively ventilated
.
That is 62 more than the day before.
Update from October 29, 4:28 p.m.:
In
Lower Saxony
, a
court has
now overturned the corona-related
curfew
and the ban on the sale of
alcohol
outside
the home
.
The Higher Administrative Court in Lüneburg announced
its decision
on
Thursday
- this invalidates the corresponding provision in a
state
ordinance.
The court thus ruled one of the applicants in the
urgent proceedings
.
The court did not reject the measure itself in its grounds.
However, the judges do not consider the justification for the bans based on the incidence value alone to be sufficient.
It is not guaranteed that the
infection process
is fully reflected.
In
Bavaria
, the curfew regulations for restaurants and the participation restrictions for private parties in Corona hotspots remain in force for the time being.
The Bavarian Administrative Court rejected it on Thursday in an urgent decision to provisionally suspend the regulations in the Bavarian Corona Ordinance.
Update from October 29, 11:36 a.m.:
At a
federal press
conference
in Berlin, doctors report on the current Covid-19 situation in the intensive care units.
You
welcomed the
tightening of
the
corona requirements
agreed by the federal and state governments on Wednesday, October 28th
.
"Yesterday's
resolutions
were correct and due, I found them a bit
overdue,
" said Norbert Suttorp, director of the medical clinic with a focus on infectious diseases and pulmonology at the Charité.
Uwe Janssens,
chief physician
at St.-Antonius-Hospital Eschweiler (North Rhine-Westphalia)
,
however
, reiterated
his
call
to politicians for a “regulatory measure” for the gradual conversion in the clinics to a
corona emergency system
.
In addition, "additional
financing
for hospitals" must be implemented, according to the doctor.
Corona in Germany: Several intensive care physicians welcome tightened measures - more younger people infected
Stefan Kluge, intensive care physician at the Hamburg
University Hospital
, explains that a further increase in Covid 19 patients automatically leads to other
medical interventions being reduced
.
The focus in Hamburg is on urgent
emergencies
.
He emphasizes that financial resources are also needed in Hamburg, as the
number of infections
is expected to
increase
in the next few weeks.
The
average age
in the so-called second wave is significantly younger.
The risk of developing Covid-19 as a young person and dying is lower, but according to
intensive care
doctor
Kluge,
the risk increases
as soon as you have to be ventilated.
Corona in Germany: Several intensive care physicians welcome tightened measures
The head physician for
infectious diseases
at the Schwabing Clinic in Munich, Clemens Wendtner, explains: The age peak among newly infected people in Munich is similar to that in Hamburg.
It often affects the
age group
of 21 to 40 year olds.
With a view to the first corona wave, he says: “
We don't need
this
stress test
a second time.” He hopes that the hospitals will not come back to the known
bottlenecks
.
Furthermore, Wendtner warns
not to take
the
disease too lightly
.
Covid-19 is not only the acute phase of the disease, but ten to 14 percent of those affected also suffer
consequential damage
and are therefore ill for longer.
Professor Norbert Suttrop from
Charité Berlin
mainly points out the time of year.
In
winter
, in addition to corona patients, there would be other diseases such as
influenza
.
Here it is important to avoid bottlenecks in the clinics.
Corona in Germany: Hamburg's intensive care physician sees the situation as "absolutely worrying" - dissatisfaction among Germans is increasing
Update from October 29, 9:32 a.m.:
Stricter contact
restrictions
are
inevitable
.
This is the view of a Hamburg
intensive care physician
with a view to the rapid spread of the corona virus.
The situation is
worrying
.
Stefan Kluge, head of intensive care medicine at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), sees the
rapid increase
in Corona *
infections as
"absolutely worrying".
The
German Press Agency (DPA) reported this in
the morning.
"We have to
stop
this
trend
, politics has to act," said the clinic director with a view to the new
contact
restrictions
.
"We have no other choice."
Corona in Germany: Hamburg intensive care physician sees the situation as "absolutely worrying" and warns of overloading the hospitals
At the same time
,
the 52-year-old warned of an
overload in intensive care units and hospitals
.
In some federal states, such as Berlin, Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia, some clinics are already well occupied with Covid 19 patients.
Other
sick people
would already be
displaced
.
A number of
clinic employees
were
infected
.
According to physician Stefan Kluge, looking at the currently slowly rising number of fatalities is not useful to assess the
current situation
.
“We have to
look
at the number of
intensive care
patients.
Then we know where we are headed, "said the
specialist in internal medicine and pulmonology
.
Here the curve is currently going steeply upwards.
It takes an average of ten days before patients with
symptoms have
to be transferred to the intensive care unit.
Corona in Germany: Hamburg intensive care physician sees the situation as "absolutely worrying"
As the
medical
specialist Kluge explains, the length of
stay
for
ventilated patients
in the
intensive care unit is
two to three weeks.
Deaths
would usually only occur later.
This means that the
number of new infections
only affects the number of deaths with a delay of three to four weeks.
He further explains that
about five percent of
those infected with corona
are treated in hospital - two percent are
intensive care
patients
.
For those over 70, the
risk of death
would be
over 50 percent
.
According to Kluge, the average age of the deceased in Germany is 79 years.
Corona in Germany: Hamburg specialist emphasizes good equipment and treatment success in hospitals
Doctors and nurses
have learned a lot since the pandemic began.
In addition, there are new test methods * and
treatment successes
with the cortisone preparation dexamethasone.
You are well equipped with protective clothing and ventilators.
“That is why we are
well prepared in
principle
,
” says Mediziner Kluge.
One can predict how the
pandemic
will develop in the next two to three weeks.
"In addition, everything is reading coffee grounds." It is not possible to reliably say what the
situation
will look like
in December and January
.
"It depends extremely on what
politics
decide and how people behave now," emphasized the head of
intensive care medicine
.
Corona in Germany: Hamburg's intensive care physician sees the situation as "absolutely worrying" - dissatisfaction among Germans is increasing
These are the
crisis management
of the
government
so unhappy as since
the crisis began
no more.
This is reported by
focus.de
and refers to a survey by the opinion research institute Civey.
56.6 percent of Germans are currently
satisfied with
the federal government's
corona policy
.
According to the survey
,
33.3 percent are
dissatisfied
, and 10.5 percent have
voted
“undecided”.
In comparison,
focus.de
calls
the low at the end of March, which the
opinion research institute had
determined.
31.3 percent would have
been dissatisfied
with the
crisis policy
, 55.3 percent would have been satisfied.
The remaining 13.4 percent were undecided.
Corona in Germany: New high in new infections - bitter disappointment for autumn vacationers
Update from October 29, 6.27 a.m.:
The number of registered
new corona infections
in
Germany
has
reached
a new
high
with
16,774 new cases
within one day
.
That comes from the information of the
Robert Koch Institute (RKI)
from early Thursday morning.
Thus have since the beginning of the pandemic in total
481,013 people
in Germany with the
coronavirus
infected.
And with that, Merkel's Christmas forecast comes, according to which there could be around 20,000 newly infected people on Christmas Eve.
The number of
deaths
related to the virus rose
89
in
one day
to
a total of 10,272
.
The number of
convalescent
is by RKI to around
339,200 people
estimated.
According to the management report on Wednesday, the number of reproductions, or
R value for
short
, was
1.03
in Germany
.
This means that one infected person infects a little more than one other person.
The R-value depicts the infection rate about one and a half weeks beforehand.
Corona in Germany: New Corona requirements after the Chancellor's conference with the Prime Minister
Update from October 28th, 7.30 p.m
.: After the video conference between
Chancellor Angela Merkel
and the
Prime Minister
, the new
Corona requirements
, which should apply from November 2nd to 30th,
were announced at a press
conference
.
All restaurants are to be
closed
and private contacts are to be reduced “to an absolutely necessary minimum”.
Staying in public should only be permitted with a maximum of ten people, with a maximum of two
households being
allowed to meet.
Tourist trips should be prohibited, exceptions are only made for absolutely necessary, such as business trips.
Theaters, cinemas, swimming pools, fitness studios and other cultural or leisure facilities are also part of the
lockdown part
affected.
Professional sports events such as soccer games should take place without spectators, amateur sports no longer at all - except alone, in pairs or with your own household.
Leisure events are
prohibited
.
You can also find an overview of all rules * here.
Daycare centers, schools and shops should not be
closed
.
"We will do everything we can to keep schools and daycare centers open," said
Merkel
.
Most of the economy also needs to be maintained.
Coronavirus in Germany: bitter disappointment for autumn vacationers - overnight stays in Germany are prohibited
Update from October 28, 5:07 p.m
.: Shortly before the
PK
for the
federal-state summit
with
Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU), it
transpires that in Germany
tourist overnight stays
in Germany
are to be
banned
in November
.
These should only be made for necessary purposes such as compulsory
business trips
, according to information from the
dpa,
the
Corona summit decided
this Wednesday - you will soon find out more Corona resolutions in our ticker on the subject.
Coronavirus in Germany: Cyber criminals temporarily paralyze the RKI website
Update of 28 October, 12:53
: On Sunday unknowns have a building of the
Robert Koch Institute *
(RKI)
with
incendiary
pelted - now it became known that cybercriminals earlier on Thursday the
RKI website
temporarily
paralyzed
.
The attack took place in the morning between 8 and 10 a.m., said a spokesman for the Federal Information Technology Center (ITZBund).
He confirmed
a corresponding report by the news magazine
Spiegel to the
dpa
news agency
.
It was a so-called
DDOS attack
(Distributed Denial of Service).
The Berlin police were not involved after the cyber attack.
The institute has not
filed a criminal
complaint.
Corona in Germany: New high of new infections - RKI reports new record after data breakdown
Update of 28 October, 11:22
: Just before the Federal-State consultations with German Chancellor
Angela Merkel *
(CDU)
Federal Health Minister
Jens Spahn
before an
overload
of the German health system by heavy
corona disease outcomes
warned.
"If the
intensive care units are
full, then it is too late," said the
CDU politician
on Wednesday the
Südwestrundfunk (SWR)
.
Most recently, the number of
patients infected
with
Sars-CoV-2
increased significantly.
“Still at a manageable level, as of today,” said Spahn.
Better to break the wave now.
We are currently hearing similar concerns from neighboring
Austria
.
Health Minister @jensspahn @CDU has defended the planned restrictions because of the increasing #Corona infection numbers.
In the # SWR2Tages talk he shows understanding for particularly affected sectors such as tour operators, gastronomy and culture.
https://t.co/tJ2x3WJ6Om pic.twitter.com/NojQyGGPa2
- SWR2 (@ SWR2) October 28, 2020
Update from October 28, 8:44 a.m.:
After the error in the data transmission, the
RKI has
now reported a new
record
for the number of
new corona infections
in Germany.
14,964 new corona cases were
recorded
within one day
.
This is the highest level since the pandemic began.
The deaths and recoveries have not yet been updated.
There was also a glitch when transmitting the 7-day incidence * in the Bavarian capital of Munich.
Corona in Germany: Lauterbach relies on the support of the population
Update from October 28, 8.29 a.m.:
The SPD health expert
Karl Lauterbach
relies
on the support of the
population
in the fight against the rising number of
corona infections
.
“We have an ethical and political responsibility to protect the general public.
And most people understand that and also expect that from politics, ”he told the
dpa
.
In addition,
Lauterbach
warned against letting mask refusers and so-called corona belittlers “determine politics”.
The health expert is promoting a two-week "
breakwater shutdown
".
With this concept, facilities such as
restaurants
, bars and fitness studios would be closed
nationwide for two weeks
.
Schools
, daycare centers and essential shops, however
,
remained
open
.
Private meetings
should be reduced to an absolute
minimum
.
As much
home office
as possible
should be done in
companies
.
Here you can see the exponential increase in the death rate from Covid in Europe.
Tomorrow we can ensure that we are spared that.
A breakwater shutdown would do this.
But if there are exceptions for gastronomy, for example, I can't see how it should go pic.twitter.com/DSM8r2wjlq
- Karl Lauterbach (@Karl_Lauterbach) October 27, 2020
Corona in Germany: Problems with data transmission of the new numbers at the RKI
Update from October 28, 7.53 a.m.:
At the
Robert Koch Institute there
seems to be a problem with the data transmission of the new
corona numbers
.
On the RKI dashboard, the nationwide figures currently displayed on
new infections
,
deaths
and
recovered persons
correspond to those displayed
on Tuesday morning.
When you visit the website, the following
message appears
: “Due to delays in data updates, there may be variances in the individual graphics.
We ask for your understanding."
Corona in Germany: Leopoldina recommend a kind of lockdown for three weeks
Update from October 27, 5:50 p.m.:
The German
National Science Academy Leopoldina
and five other
research communities
recommend a kind of
lockdown
for three weeks.
In order
to stop
the increase in
infections
, it is necessary to reduce social contacts without
hygiene measures
to a quarter.
This requires uniform nationwide rules, according to a joint declaration by
Leopoldina
, the German Research Foundation, the Fraunhofer Society, the Helmholtz Association, the Leibniz Association and the Max Planck Society.
"
According to
scientific simulations of
the possible course of the
pandemic,
halving the number of
contacts
without
precautionary measures on the part
of each individual is
currently not enough to reduce the number of
newly infected people
per week," the experts explained.
The increase in the number of
infections
is no longer controllable in many places in Germany.
Coronavirus in Germany: Merkel forecast for Christmas reached the end of the week
Update from October 27th, 5:35 p.m.:
Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier
(CDU) expects that the mark of 20,000
new corona infections will be
reached
by the end of this week
.
Chancellor Angela Merkel
had forecast this figure for Christmas, which was sometimes considered to be unrealistic.
"In
Germany
, the number of
new infections increases
every day by 70, 75 percent compared to the previous week," said
Altmaier
on Tuesday in a speech at the Franco-German Business Day.
“And that means: we will probably have 20,000
new infections a
day
by the end of this week
.” We would be dealing with “exponential growth”, which means that the number of infections would have reached a level “that we could not even imagine three weeks ago could."
Update of 27 October, 16:22:
The number of
deaths
related to the
coronavirus
has in
Germany
the mark of
10,000
cracked.
Cardiologist Thomas Münzel has an amazing link between Covid-19 deaths and
air pollution
detected.
Corona in Germany: Schleswig-Holstein announces tough contact restrictions
Update from October 27th, 4:07 p.m.:
With
Schleswig-Holstein
, a federal state announced
tough
contact restrictions
on Wednesday
before the conference between the Chancellor and the
Prime Minister
.
The number
10
will be the
upper limit for all areas
also outdoors in the next
three weeks
, said Prime Minister
Daniel Günther
on Tuesday in
Kiel
.
This also applies to sport.
The game operation in amateur football must therefore pause.
On Friday, these measures are to be
decided
in a
state
ordinance,
regardless
of the results of the video switching between the Prime Minister and the Chancellor.
Günther
also announced that the
mask duty
in the classroom from the 5th year by three weeks
extended
is.
In addition, this is now also being
extended
to
primary schools
.
There, the mask requirement only applies in regions in which the
incidence
value
of
50
new infections per 100,000 inhabitants has been
exceeded
in the past seven days
.
Corona in Germany: Several federal states are considering gradual lockdown
First report from October 27th:
Munich - On Wednesday,
Angela Merkel
discussed the current situation in the
corona pandemic
in
Germany
with the Prime Minister
.
In the past few days, the Chancellor has expressed concern about the development of the number of
new corona infections
.
In the individual federal states, the increase in numbers is also viewed with concern.
According to a
Spiegel
report, the
federal states of
Brandenburg, Berlin, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, Rhineland-Palatinate, Bremen and Hamburg,
led
by the
SPD
, are
discussing
a draft resolution proposal
with
Thuringia
.
It speaks of a “
gradual shutdown of public and economic life
”.
This
lockdown in several steps
should come if the current measures in the fight against the
coronavirus *
show insufficient effect.
In order to prevent far-reaching consequences on the pandemic addition that should
occupation
are generally still allows, according to the draft.
For this,
daycare centers
and
schools
should be
kept open
as far as possible.
Further
measures
are to be included in the
Corona *
regulations by the federal
states
.
It is discussed, for example, only until the end of November in private homes
meetings
allow people from two households, or a maximum of two persons from other households.
Children up to twelve years of age are excluded.
For
family occasions
such as weddings or funerals, the draft stipulates a maximum of
15 people
.
Corona in Germany: measures to reduce the number of infections planned
As the
Spiegel
reports, the
aim of
the measures is to reduce the number of
infections *
to reduce so far "that
more people can meet again
at
Christmas
time".
If the steps taken are not sufficient, a
gradual
further
shutdown of public life is
outlined
in the draft
.
The
aim of the “
series of closures
” is “to reduce additional, unnecessary contacts as well as approach and departure encounters without having to
declare
a complete
lockdown
with its serious economic and social consequences,” says the draft.
The
measures considered
in the various areas should therefore be taken in the following chronological order:
Halving of the applicable maximum limits for
events
, then further reductions
Closure of
theaters
,
museums
,
trade fairs
and
events
University
teaching is usually digital
Restrictions on
gastronomy
that go beyond curfew;
in extreme cases only take-away sales
Suspension of
club sports
Closure of businesses with body-friendly services, such as
hairdressers
or
massage studios
Closure of
fitness studios
,
swimming pools
and
saunas
Closure of
commercial accommodations
to keep travel to a minimum
Closure of the
retail trade
for unnecessary everyday goods
Corona in Germany: Closure of individual areas requires new emergency aid programs
The draft also states that it is aware that a further
closure of
individual economic sectors will
require
new emergency aid programs
.
This is being negotiated with the federal government.
In particular, the
self-employed
would have to be relieved in terms of rent and operating costs.
It is unclear whether the proposals
will be supported
by a majority of the
prime ministers
on Wednesday
.
"According to
reports
, some country leaders go
too far with
the measures
- others, on the other hand
,
favor
even stricter rules,
" says the
Spiegel
report.
On Wednesday, the
Chancellor will continue
the discussion with the Prime Minister about how to proceed during the
second wave * of
the corona pandemic.
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