When is there a way out of the corona lockdown for Germany?
And is the coronavirus pandemic largely normal in the summer?
A Hamburg virologist causes disillusionment.
Coronavirus pandemic
: At the end of January, the number of
Covid 19 cases in Germany
improved
a little.
Christian Drosten
fears
a high number of
new corona infections
for the
summer
.
The
Hamburg virologist Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit
expresses
the next bad news about
Covid-19
with a view to
summer 2021
.
Munich / Hamburg - Instead of long-term glimmers of hope, there is
still bad news
in the
coronavirus pandemic in Germany
at the end of
January
.
Many citizens encouraged themselves with the hope of a largely normal
summer 2021
- despite the
Corona crisis
.
After all, the number of infections went
down significantly
in the
summer of 2020
because people were much more outdoors and, according to many reports, viruses are more likely to have problems spreading in the warmth.
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: Christian Drosten fears high numbers of Covid 19 cases in the summer
But: Said hope for a "normal"
summer
threatens to be shattered more and more - at least if it is up to some virologists.
"I'm afraid it will now be more like in
Spain
, where
the number of cases
rose again quickly
after the
lockdown ended
in the
summer
, even though it was very hot,"
Christian Drosten from the Berlin Charité
recently
told
the news magazine
Spiegel
.
Drosten
is a member of a panel of scientific experts
advising
the
Federal Government of Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU)
.
His thesis that people in
Germany will
not have normality
in the summer
is now receiving support.
Coronavirus lockdown in Germany: Hamburg virologist - not normal in summer 2021
"Anyone who says we got through everything by summer at the latest and the immunity is there, sets unrealistic goals - and provokes frustration," said the
Hamburg virologist Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit
in an interview with the
Hamburger Abendblatt
(January 26, behind a payment barrier).
He therefore believes that it will take until next year before
normality
returns.
“I firmly believe that in
2022
we
will
only need very few restrictions.
But we would have regained a lot of our old life if the
daycare centers, schools
and shops were allowed to reopen and the clubs were allowed to do sports again, ”he said.
Corona pandemic in Germany: Virologist Schmidt-Chanasit advises the use of the Bundeswehr in old people's homes
And gave one more piece of advice.
Specifically, Schmidt-Chanasit calls for the
Bundeswehr
and the technical relief organization to be deployed in
old people's and nursing homes
with test stations.
This would allow relatives and visitors to be tested more and
corona risk groups
better protected.
Schmidt-Chanasit
: “It costs something, but compared to the billions in bridging
aid
, it is affordable.
We now have so many simple and quick test options that we can only allow those with negative tests to enter endangered areas: then
nursing or old people's homes are
very safe. "
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