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No easing of the corona lockdown by spring? Munich infectiologist warns of "explosion of the situation"

2021-01-28T11:29:12.104Z


The current corona numbers in Germany show a positive trend. Nevertheless, experts continue to warn against loosening the measures too early.


The current corona numbers in Germany show a positive trend.

Nevertheless, experts continue to warn against loosening the measures too early.

  • The

    corona numbers

    in Germany are falling - the

    7-day incidence

    is as low as it was last in October.

  • The

    lockdown *

    measures

    seem to be working.

  • The Munich infectiologist

    Dr.

    Christoph Spinner

    warns against

    loosening

    the measures

    too early

    .

Munich - The current

lockdown measures

in

Germany

seem to be working.

A positive trend can be seen in the

number of

new infections

in recent weeks.

The

7-day incidence

was reported to the

Robert Koch Institute (RKI)

on Thursday with 98 first time since October under the threshold of 100 - since Christmas she has roughly halved.

However, the target value of the federal government around Chancellor

Angela Merkel

(CDU) remains an incidence of below 50. The number of daily

deaths

is still too high - on Thursday the

RKI

reported

941. In addition, there are concerns about the spread of the

corona mutations *

in Germany .

There are currently strict

travel restrictions *

in the room.

It

is still unclear

whether the

lockdown

can therefore be relaxed from mid-February.

Relaxation of the corona measures: Infectiologist warns of "explosion of the situation"

The Munich infectiologist

Dr.

In a conversation with

Focus Online

,

Christoph Spinner

warned

against

loosening too early

.

“From a purely pandemic point of view, it would of course be desirable that the number of

infections be

as low as possible,” he clarified.

On the other hand, the measures, society and each individual would “

demand considerable unreasonable

demands”.

Politicians have to

think carefully

about the

proportionality of the measures

, explained the infectiologist.

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"How should it go on?" Many service providers are asking themselves this in the Corona lockdown.

They would like the measures to be relaxed.

© picture alliance / dpa |

Frank Rumpenhorst

"With the

beginning of spring

the weather will also help us," predicted

Spinner

.

People would then be outside more.

In addition, UV radiation ensures that the viruses are inactivated more quickly.

A discussion about

easing the corona * measures

therefore makes sense, according to the infectiologist.

However, Spinner also drew attention to the situation in some other countries.

It has been seen several times that "

loosening too early

can lead

to an explosion of the situation

".

Corona in Germany: Drosten warns against easing too quickly

Virologist

Christian Drosten also

recently warned in the ARD “Tagesthemen” that the corona measures were being relaxed too quickly.

"If we imagine the time 

after Easter

 - we probably 

won't

 have

vaccinated enough people by then

," he said.

The idea of

 simply ending

all 

measures

is "somewhat naive" and would inevitably lead to a renewed widespread spread of the 

coronavirus *

 .

"Then we will have medical problems again," warned Drosten.

You have to take the 

measures

back step by step

 in the future 

 and see how it works.

“This virus is not harmless.

You cannot simply assume that you have covered the 

risk groups

 and then dealt with the problem, ”the virologist's appeal.

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Virologist Christian Drosten warned in the ARD “Tagesthemen” of the corona measures being relaxed too quickly.

© Screenshot / ARD- "Tagesthemen"

Corona in Germany: Kekulé is in favor of the end of lockdown from mid-February

The virologist

Alexander Kekulé

, however, spoke out in favor of a lockdown end from mid-February.

"I think it is possible that

daycare centers, schools

,

shops

, but also 

restaurants

 can

gradually

open again

from mid-February 

," said the expert in an interview with the

Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung

.

“Not everywhere at once, but initially only in regions with particularly

 low case numbers

 and well-established health authorities,” Kekulé continues.

With a consistent preparation one can from

mid-February 

to 

Corona *

-Lockdown

 end - "and swirl to a less restrictive policy." This played

Kekulé

about to 

rapid tests

 and an online registration for participants at private events.

Such a

change in strategy

is also necessary in order to regain greater acceptance of the measures in critical citizens, explained the virologist.

Corona lockdown in Germany: Streeck welcomes Schleswig-Holstein's step-by-step plan

At the beginning of the week,

Schleswig-Holstein

presented a

step-by-step plan

as a possible way out of the

corona lockdown

.

Virologist

Hendrik Streeck

welcomes these suggestions: "

I thought that was very good,

" he said on Wednesday on the ARD talk show "Maischberger".

There are nuances that can be discussed, but a structure, a step-by-step plan is important.

“People can adjust to it.

I think that's a good long-term strategy, ”says Streeck.

(ph) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital editors network

List of rubric lists: © picture alliance / dpa |

Frank Rumpenhorst

Source: merkur

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