In the ARD “Tagesthemen”, virologist Christian Drosten spoke about the current corona situation in Germany.
He gave a forecast for the summer of 2022 and warned against early easing.
Christian Drosten
is confident that the
measures taken
in
Germany will
also
be effective
against the
virus variants
.
According to
Drosten,
easing
the measures
too early
would lead to
another sharp increase in the number of
corona infections *
.
The virologist considers
travel restrictions
to be
sensible
from a scientific point of view
.
Berlin -
A positive trend can be seen in
the
corona numbers
in
Germany
.
The number of new infections decreases compared to the previous weeks,
as does
the
7-day incidence
.
Nevertheless, experts warn against
loosening it
too quickly
.
There are still too
many corona deaths
in Germany, the RKI reported
982
on Wednesday
.
There is also great concern about the spread of
corona mutations
, including the
virus variant B.1.1.7 *
, which has caused an explosion in the number of infections in Great Britain.
Corona travel restrictions in Germany: Drosten considers measures to be scientifically sensible
Recently it was reported that the
Federal Government
in view of the risks of
Corona mutation
through a
travel restrictions
reflect.
"This includes much stricter border controls, especially at the borders to high-risk areas, but also the reduction of air traffic to Germany to almost zero," said Interior Minister
Horst Seehofer
(CSU) according to the
picture
.
From a purely
scientific point of view
, such a procedure
makes sense
, explained
Christian Drosten
in the ARD “Tagesthemen”.
“If we have a lot of infection activity in the country, then the little bit that comes from outside doesn't matter anymore.
But if we have already come a long way, then we also have
to pay attention to what is coming from outside,
”says the virologist at the Berlin Charité.
The purely scientific answer in this matter is, however, much simpler than the political one.
Corona in Germany: Drosten warns against easing too quickly
At the same time,
Drosten
warned
against
loosening
the
Corona *
measures
too quickly
- also with regard to the spread of the
Corona mutations *
.
The virologist was confident on Tuesday evening that the measures taken in Germany would also be effective against the newly discovered, significantly more contagious virus variants.
There is a well-founded hope that "the mutants will not spread as much at first if we
hold out a little longer
".
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Virologist Christian Drosten warned in the ARD “Tagesthemen” of the corona measures being relaxed too quickly.
© Screenshot / ARD- "Tagesthemen"
At some point, enough people would be
vaccinated
against the
coronavirus
*
to stop
its
exponential increase
, so
Drosten
.
The question, however, is: "How long will it take?" The virologist said he was not sure whether this would happen anytime soon.
"If we imagine the time
after Easter
- we probably
won't
have
vaccinated enough people by then
," said
Drosten
.
The “somewhat naive” idea of
simply ending
all
measures
would inevitably lead to a renewed spread of the
coronavirus *
.
"Then we will get into medical problems again," warned the expert.
Corona in Germany: Drosten with forecast for summer 2022 - "This virus is not harmless"
“Tagesthemen” presenter
Caren Miosga also
asked
Drosten
for a forecast for the
summer of 2022
, with a view to a possible birthday party for his 50th birthday.
"In the summer in a year and a half, I think that you can
celebrate normally
again
," said the virologist.
At this point there will already be many vaccinated people in
Germany
.
In conclusion,
Drosten
said
that it was still important for him to say: “You can
not declare
this
pandemic to
be over.” In
the future, you have to
gradually withdraw
the
measures
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.
(ph) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital editorial network
List of rubric lists: © Screenshot / ARD- "Tagesthemen"
