More and more rapid tests on the market - expert warns: "Could result in several deaths"

The corona situation in Germany remains tense.

The federal government wants to advise on new measures.

The first details have already been leaked.

Experts, on the other hand, are sounding the alarm.

The news ticker.

• Corona in Germany

  : The

  Corona * case

  numbers

  are also

  high

  during the

  Lockdown Light

  *.

• The

  Robert Koch Institute (RKI)

  keeps reporting new highs

• The Federal Government therefore wants to

  advise

  on

  new measures

  - extension or tightening?

• The

  news ticker

  is continuously updated.

Update from November 23, 12:30 p.m.:

Patient advocates are demanding an

of

tests

.

So far, one relies solely on the

the respective

, said the board of the German Foundation for Patient

,

, of the

.

“That is why the Federal Minister of Health must ensure that state-approved, independent laboratories evaluate the quality immediately.” It is imperative that tests of inferior quality are prevented from being used - after all, a single

several

.

"The number of providers of rapid tests has exploded in the last few weeks," said

.

The Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices lists

for the detection of

, which, according to the manufacturer,

meet

the

criteria.

had already been recorded there by Friday.

Corona in Germany: Patient advocates with "great worries" about the reliability of rapid tests

“It is undisputed that rapid tests provide quick results on infectivity,” says

.

"However, the results are not always of the same quality." For buyers such as nursing homes, it is not possible to recognize and test whether the

by the manufacturers is

actually correct.

Brysch advocates using only

.

The market has to be organized and the informative value of the information secured.

“Otherwise the testers are lulled into a sham,” he said.

"From the patient's point of view, I am very worried."

At the federal press conference on Monday, a spokeswoman said that

had already

secured

for the

virus.

The availability of these tests is increasing rapidly, she said.

The rapid tests have the advantage that

is required.

Nevertheless,

needed

to carry out the process.

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Patient advocates are calling for an examination of the reliability of corona rapid tests.

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Update from November 23rd, 10:35 am:

The

federal states ruled

by the

Prime Minister are demanding a so-called

from the federal government 

.

The

take place

on November 25th

.

The country chiefs and Chancellor Angela Merkel then advise on the Corona timetable.

Corona in Germany: tens of thousands of crimes in connection with the pandemic

Update from November 23, 10:05 a.m.:

The

has brought the public prosecutor's

.

Nationwide, the prosecutors have reached

since the beginning of the Corona crisis

due to fraudulent

or other

, said the federal manager of the German Association of Judges,

, the

.

According to the Association of Judges, it will take well into next year before the criminal justice system

has processed

all

.

Most of the

cases still relate to the

from the

.

It

remains to be seen

whether the so-called

aid to cushion the current

criminal follow-up, said

.

With around

on suspicion of subsidy fraud and other scams, the investigators in

the highest number of cases.

This is the result of a survey by the

published by the Judges

among the justice ministries and public prosecutors of the federal states.

This is followed by

and

with more than 4,500 and more than 2,200 cases related to

.

Corona in Germany: intensive care physicians warn of overloading the hospitals

Update from November 23, 8.45 a.m.:

Intensive care physicians are warning of the increasing number of

of

.

"The situation in the intensive care units is coming to a head," said the President of the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (Divi),

, to the

.

Politicians have wasted

since September

.

"There are still no clear instructions to the hospitals that they should postpone planned interventions and medically uncritical operations."

These

are now

so that the

remain able to act and, at the same time,

for

of income is made available

unbureaucratically and as quickly

as possible.

"It shouldn't come to the fact that we have to reject emergencies because of overloaded corona stations," said Janssens.

According to Divi data, the number of

rose

to

on Sunday

-

.

2132 of them received invasive ventilation.

There are currently

.

A month ago the number of

in intensive care units was slightly more than 1,100, two months ago it was around 290.

Corona in Germany: Spahn and Scholz expect the first vaccinations this year

Update from November 23, 7.18 a.m.:

Health Minister

and Vice Chancellor

expect the first

in Germany this year.

“There is reason to be optimistic that a vaccine will be approved in Europe this year.

And then we can start immediately with the vaccinations, ”said

 the 

.

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Health Minister Jens Spahn expects the first corona vaccinations in Germany this year.

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Corona in Germany: RKI reports 10,864 new cases on Monday

Update from November 23, 6.43 a.m.:

As expected, the health authorities

reported

comparatively few

the

.

transmitted

within one day

, as the RKI announced on Monday morning.

Last Monday, the number of new infections was 10,824 - so the current numbers are at the

.

On

, a

23,648 reported cases was

reached.

The numbers are comparatively low on Sundays and Mondays because, according to the RKI, fewer samples are taken on the weekend and therefore fewer tests are performed overall.

The number of

related to the

rose

within 24 hours

to a total of 14,112.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the RKI has counted a total of 929,133 proven corona infections in Germany.

Corona in Germany: explosive paper - experts criticize Merkel & Co. sharply

Update from November 22nd, 7.12 p.m

.: The breakwater lockdown is not yet working as desired - some scientists and experts are calling for an "

"

in

in the fight against the corona pandemic.

In a 49-page letter that is available to the

(article behind the payment barrier), the authors sharply criticize the

.

The

missed its target.

Instead of a “wave that can be broken”, the current data suggests a “continuous increase in numbers”.

A slight flattening of the numbers can be observed, but the hope of a return to numbers like in August is completely unfounded.

“We are currently practicing a method that is familiar from road traffic, braking to stutter”, said

, and co-author of the Thesis Paper on the

.

“We brake, release the brakes and then brake again and so on.” Many people do not realize that the virus will not go away so quickly as long as not everyone is vaccinated.

Lockdown light in Germany - scientists criticize corona measures by the federal and state governments

In the thesis paper, the authors also accuse the federal and state governments of

disregarding

the

.

The group of authors currently sees the

.

The population is "driven into a 'cold herd immunity' with full sight".

"Vulnerable population groups" should be protected more and move to the center of the pandemic fight.

It cannot be ruled out that "the population may be largely infected so quickly that even a vaccination can no longer contribute to a change in trend."

In the opinion of the scientists and experts, the limit values ​​currently used are unusable.

"The value '50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants' is empty," says

professor

, another co-author of the paper of the

They have to be realistic goals, everything else is just discouraging.

The group of authors also calls for long-term population studies, also to better determine the number of unreported infections.

Corona in Germany: trend in new infections in sight?

Update from November 22nd, 6:27 p.m

.: The

-

short

- is an indicator in the corona pandemic.

The current

(previous day: 1.05), according to the current Covid-19 situation report of the

(RKI) from Sunday evening (November 22).

The so-called

is

(previous day: 1.07).

This value reflects the infection rate from eight to 16 days ago.

If this value is below 1 for a long time, the infection rate subsides.

Since the number of people infected with corona is currently very high in Germany, this still means a high number of daily corona cases, explains the RKI in its management report.

Experience shows that the number of new infections reported daily is lower on Sunday than, for example, on Tuesday.

The reason: On the weekends, fewer samples are taken and less is tested overall.

In this respect, trends in the incidence of infections can be better read off at a glance over an entire week.

The so-called

is derived from the number of new infections per week

.

The 7-day incidence indicates the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the past seven days.

The

.

For the past week, the 7-day incidence was relatively stable at 140, with a few up and down changes.

Corona in Germany: current number of cases from the RKI (data status: November 22, 12 a.m.)

Update from November 22nd, 6:21 p.m

.: The number of

in Germany is still at a high level.

A long-awaited decline can still hardly be seen.

“

 with the number of infections today and in the last few days.

I would have hoped for more, ”said the Hamburg intensive care physician Stefan Kluge.

The doctor gives a gloomy forecast for spring 2021.

Corona in Germany: high numbers of infections before the lockdown decision - first clinics are reacting

First report from November 22, 2020

Berlin - The

in

are still high.

The

reported a supposedly low value with 15,741 new infections within one day on Sunday, but on

(

November

20) the number was still just under

infections.

The picture looks similar with the incidence values.

But where are people currently infected?

According to the Robert Koch Institute, the

currently mostly diffuse and difficult to assign.

However, accumulations

occurred

in “

, in community facilities and

as well as in professional settings and based on religious events”.

Due to the increased infection in old people's homes, the number of

increased significantly

since mid-October

- from 655 patients (15.10) to 3,630 (21.11).

Virologists and ministers have already warned of a collapse of the hospitals.

However, there are currently no

the German Hospital Association has given the all-clear for the time being.

In some regions, however, predictable treatments are already being postponed in order to create free capacities.

Corona in Germany: Partial lockdown since the beginning of November - what's next?

- Extension or tightening?

A

in Germany since November 2nd

.

are

and

on hold.

Even the big

at the Brandenburg Gate is said to be canceled.

But the lockdown, originally planned until the beginning of December, does not yet seem to have the desired effect.

The number of

is still

.

On Wednesday,

therefore

wants to

consult

with the country leaders about

or

the measures.

For many politicians, the former seems to be already clear.

"Everything indicates that the current restrictions will have to be continued for a while beyond November 30," said Finance Minister Scholz, for example, of Bild am Sonntag.

Even

were in favor of

of.

“The aim was to achieve a significant decrease in new infections.

Almost three weeks after the start of the measures, however, we do not see any significant drop, but rather a sideways movement, ”said the chief virologist at Heidelberg University, Hans-Georg Kräusslich, of the

.

Even if the general line seems to have been established, the

have so far been

very

.

The SPD and the Free Voters in Bavaria are warning of an “endless” lockdown.

"Christmas * and New Year's Eve people should be able to meet their loved ones," said SPD circles.

The so-called

is also criticized, as

reported by

*.

Rhineland-Palatinate's Prime Minister Malu Dreyer (SPD) even accused her of being

.

The new regulations will be finalized on Wednesday.

However, some details of the plans have already been made public.

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