Numbers increased tenfold since September! Do we have to treat children differently when dealing with corona?

When it comes to the role of children and adolescents in the coronavirus infection process, experts disagree - the numbers have recently risen dramatically.

Munich - In recent weeks and months are

-

in

increased by a multiple.

This does not exclude children and young people.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, some experts have assumed that the younger members of society do not have too much influence on the

.

The latest figures from the

refute this, however.

While the

in September among zero to nine-year-olds was seven (per 100,000 inhabitants), it rose to almost 77 by mid-November - that is, almost tenfold!

For ten to nineteen year olds, the slope is even more striking.

15 infected adolescents became 178 per 100,000 inhabitants.

Corona: children "similarly infectious" as adults?

The experts now disagree as to whether the increase in infections among minors results from the overall increase in the number of infections or whether children are now serious carriers of infection.

from the

, according to his study on the number of unreported cases, rates children as "similarly infectious" as adults.

He explained that to the

.

"A relevant infection process takes place in schools, and this is also carried from the schools into the families."

Lothar Wieler, the President of the German Robert Koch Institute, would have confirmed the theses.

Based on Wagner's study,

also

justified

the stricter

that includes schools.

Coronavirus: Only 0.53 percent of 116,000 children were positive

However, other studies go in a different direction.

According to the

, a data collection from more than 100

nationwide

showed that of 116,000

only 0.53 percent tested positive.

Pediatricians have therefore spoken out in favor of leaving schools and daycare centers in Germany open.

"The main source of infection in children and adolescents is outside of school," says

from the

.

According to

from the

Children's

, only eight out of 600 children at school were infected.

In contrast to the private environment, the corona measures would be observed there.

The increase in the number of children was due to infections in the general population.

Further studies will certainly shed more light on how much children are contributing to the spread of the

.

In any case, Germany continues to believe that schools should be left open despite the increased number of infections.

For example, the

in Bavaria were brought forward a few days to ensure an infection-free

with the family.

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