The current number of corona cases in Germany is going down.
But the mutations are spreading.
The news ticker.
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany
: A
hard corona lockdown
*
applies until at least February 14th
.
Corona mutants are on the rise in Lower Saxony
(update from February 9, 3:38 p.m.).
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported a 7-day incidence of under 75 for the first time on Tuesday morning. However, there are inconsistencies in the number of corona cases
(update from February 9, 9.45 a.m.).
The British Corona variant was found on the island of Norderney
(see update from February 9, 9 p.m.)
.
This
news ticker on the corona pandemic in Germany
is updated regularly.
Update from February 9, 9 p.m.:
On the East Frisian island of Norderney, the British Corona variant B.1.1.7.
proven.
The district administration announced that such a finding was confirmed to the health department of the Aurich district on Tuesday.
The virus mutation was found in a man who had since died at the end of January.
There are currently no further references to the Corona variant.
The number of corona cases on the island has been increasing for a few days.
Around 6000 people live there.
The district administration announced that the city and district are in close contact as to whether further measures are necessary.
District administrator Olaf Meinen and island mayor Frank Ulrichs appealed to the residents of Norderney to strictly adhere to hygiene rules and contact restrictions.
Update from February 9, 5:30 p.m
.: Do the
corona vaccinations save
the risk of
serious side effects
*
?
A German virologist is now clearing up - with a striking Covid-19 comparison (see link).
Update from February 9, 3:38 p.m
.: The infections with coronavirus variants in Lower Saxony are
increasing
.
The mutants are "on the advance", said the head of the crisis team Claudia Schröder, as
reported by
tagesschau.de
.
"Obviously there is an upward trend," said Schröder in Hanover.
Overall, the proportion is still low.
Corona mutants are on the rise in Lower Saxony
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) assumes that around five percent of corona cases are due to mutants.
The state government lacks an exact picture of the spread.
Also whether Lower Saxony could be affected more than other federal states.
But the cases are increasing: Eight Aldi employees in a branch in Lower Saxony have been infected with Corona, reports
Merkur.de
*.
A case of the British Corona variation is also among them.
Update from February 9, 1:03 p.m
.: Masks, like
safety
vests, could become mandatory in cars.
A fine of 15 euros is also planned, reports media.
In response to a dpa request, the Ministry of Transport said it was considering proposing an “obligation to carry” two mouth and nose covers in the next amendment to the Road Traffic Licensing Regulations (StVZO).
The ADAC sees a "carry-on duty" of mouth and nose covers also for the time after the corona pandemic rather critically.
Corona in Germany: Anti-Corona demos fueled infection events
Update from February 9, 12:08 p.m
.: Anti-Corona demos in Leipzig and Berlin have spread the corona
virus
widely in Germany.
This is shown by a current study by the economic research institute ZEW and the Humboldt University in Berlin.
The researchers examined the range of bus trips to the demos and the infection rate in the districts.
According to the information, the 7-day incidence rose more strongly in these circles than in circles in which the bus companies did not offer travel.
By Christmas, the 7-day incidence in the affected counties had risen by a value of 40.
The scientists estimate that between 16,000 and 21,000 Covid-19 infections could have been prevented by Christmas if these two big "lateral thinkers" rallies had been canceled in November.
Corona in Germany: RKI case numbers are wrong today
Update from February 9, 9:54 a.m
.: Breakdown in the RKI case numbers.
Too beautiful to be.
The new corona infections on Tuesday morning are extremely low.
For the first time, the 7-day incidence is below 75. However, some of the Corona case numbers from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) are still missing from North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW).
On the Covid dashboard it says:
"Yesterday around 600 cases from North Rhine-Westphalia were not processed on time and will only be included in the statistics tomorrow."
So, the corona case numbers will only be included in the evaluation on Wednesday.
So far, NRW has only reported 232 new corona cases.
But even with the 600 corona cases from NRW, the number of new infections is below 4,000
(see update from February 8, 6.42 a.m.)
.
It is currently not clear whether the other federal states have reported failures.
Bavaria reports most cases of infection - 469.
Baden-Württemberg reports 398 new corona infections, but the RKI gives a 7-day incidence of 59.6.
Baden-Württemberg is the first federal state with a 7-day incidence below the 60 mark.
Update from February 9, 6.42 a.m
.: The good news comes one day before the federal-state consultations with Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) on the further timetable in lockdown: For the first time in more than three months, the 7-day incidence is according to the RKI below the threshold of 75. Within a week, 72.8 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants were transmitted to the health authorities, the authority announced on Tuesday morning.
The number has been falling for several weeks.
It had its highest value on December 22nd with 197.6 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
It had slipped below the threshold of 100 twelve days ago.
The policy goal is a 7-day long-term incidence below 50.
According to the management report, there were 3379 new corona infections and 481 new deaths from or with Covid-19 within one day.
Exactly one week ago, the RKI had recorded 6114 new infections and 861 new deaths within 24 hours.
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A nursing home employee in Heinsberg takes a swab from a visitor for a rapid corona test.
© Federico Gambarini / dpa
Corona in Germany: admission stop for patients - hospital under quarantine
Update from February 8, 9:40 p.m.:
Corona outbreak at the Würth Group.
In one of the four logistics centers of the tool trading giant Würth, there was a major infection.
The State Health Office in Stuttgart confirmed to
dpa
on Monday evening
that around 40 employees had tested positive for the virus.
In laboratory tests, three cases were found to be the corona mutation, which first appeared in Great Britain.
It is expected that this virus variant will be detected in further samples.
The Würth spokeswoman informed the
Heilbronn voice
that far-reaching measures had been initiated and that around 1,000 employees had been subjected to a rapid test.
The corona cases were almost completely limited to a single logistics center.
The operation could continue.
Update from February 8, 9:15 p.m.:
The Hanover region reported an increase in infections with the corona mutations on Monday.
Accordingly, the variants have a significant share in the local infection process.
The health department announced.
The British corona variant was found in 32 of 74 positive samples examined.
"So we have to assume that the proportion of mutations is clearly in the double-digit percentage range," concluded Cora Hermenau, Head of Health for the Hanover region.
To date, 137 cases with virus B 1.1.7 have been recorded in digital systems in the region.
Franziska Giffey: Family Minister wants more corona tests at daycare centers - corona bonus for staff
Update from February 8, 8:30 p.m.:
Federal Family Minister Franziska Giffey (SPD) puts pressure on.
It calls for the extensive use of corona tests at daycare centers to enable them to reopen.
"Our recommendation here is very clear: tests should be carried out at least twice a week," said the SPD politician.
She spoke of a "bridging strategy" until May, when educators can expect access to corona vaccinations.
There is an “urgent need for action.” With a view to the federal states, according to afp, she called for such a test strategy to be implemented.
Another corona summit will take place on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the pressure on Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder is growing.
The FDP even threatens to file a lawsuit.
Update from February 8, 6:30 p.m.:
Clinic employees receive a corona bonus.
Up to 1500 euros is to be paid out to particularly stressed clinic employees by the end of June.
The so-called Corona Cabinet decided on Monday in Berlin.
Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn expressed his gratitude for the commitment of the staff.
However, the German Hospital Association and ver.di warned that all employees should benefit from such a payment.
Verdi board member Sylvia Bühler stated that “to learn from past mistakes and to decide on a bonus that is actually perceived as recognition and includes all employees”.
Employees in the rescue service and in the handicapped service expected recognition.
Georg Baum, managing director of the hospital company, said that the recognition should be enshrined in law “so that all nursing staff in the hospital participate”.
Virologist reacted soothingly to corona mutation in old people's home: don't give cause for alarm
Update from February 8, 5:40 p.m.:
From the point of view of the virologist Andreas Dotzauer, the occurrence of the coronavirus variant B.1.1.7 after two vaccinations in old people's home residents in Belm, Lower Saxony
(see previous update), is
no cause for concern.
It took about ten days after the first vaccination until protective anti-bodies were detected, according to Dotzauer.
The second corona vaccination still needs time until the particularly strong antibodies have formed.
In addition to avoiding infections, one goal is to greatly reduce the symptoms and severity of the course of the disease, said the Laboratory for Virus Research at the University of Bremen on Monday at a dpa request.
That is apparently the case in the old people's home in the Osnabrück district.
Update from February 8, 4:53 p.m
.: The corona mutations in a nursing home in Belm in the Osnabrück district are puzzling to doctors.
The British corona mutation B.1.1.7 was detected in 14 seniors
(see also first report on February 7th).
Previously, on January 25, all residents of the home had been vaccinated for the second time with the Biontech / Pfizer.
According to dpa, the management of the facility could not say on Monday when the residents were infected.
Positive: There are still no difficult courses, they say.
Corona mutation in the nursing home - Biontech reacts to the incident
Biontech is also responding to the incident.
The vaccine protected 95 percent of the disease seven days after the second vaccination - according to initial analyzes, probably also with B.1.1.7.
"If people get Covid-19 despite the immunization, the aim of the vaccination is to protect against a serious course of the disease," it said.
According to the current state of knowledge, the fact that all residents who tested positive have asymptomatic or mild courses speak in favor of the vaccination and the resulting positive effects.
Corona outbreak: Clinic in Baden-Württemberg imposes admission stop
Update from February 8, 3:25 p.m
.: After a corona outbreak, an entire hospital has to be in corona quarantine.
The clinics in Calw (Baden-Württemberg) have stopped admission.
Patients are also no longer allowed to leave the clinic, announced the Südwest Clinic Association on Sunday evening.
There is also a ban on visits.
Only outpatient emergency and first aid will remain on site.
53 employees and 10 patients have so far tested positive for the coronavirus.
Positive samples would be examined for mutations at the Stuttgart State Health Office.
The authorities are alarmed.
Employees who were on duty on Friday and Saturday were placed in a so-called commuter quarantine.
May only be at home or at work with a negative test.
More than 250 doctors and nurses and their relatives have to stay at home.
According to media reports, more than 600 people are affected.
At first it is completely unclear how the virus was carried into the clinic.
As the Schwarzwälder Bote reports, since February 1, visitors have only been allowed into the building with a mask and a negative corona test.
Some of the infected employees are said to have already been vaccinated against Corona - but only with the first dose.
Spahn: No new vaccination regulations for teachers and daycare staff
Update from February 8, 1:46 p.m
.: Health Minister Spahn does not see a prioritization of teachers and educators for the corona vaccination at the moment, according to the end of the press statement.
There have been more outbreaks in nursing homes than in schools.
"It remains a discussion," said Spahn.
But it would be important to continue this.
Update from February 8, 1:26 p.m
.: "The new imposition comes into force today," stressed Spahn in front of the press in Berlin.
It could now also be deviated from the vaccination ordinance if there are vaccination doses left in the evening.
“Throwing it away” is not an option.
However, a system would have to be found for this.
The minister did not provide any further details.
With regard to the vaccines and mutations, Spahn points out the effectiveness of all vaccines.
"Really serious illnesses can be avoided - as of February 8th at noon," says Spahn.
There will be no choice in the vaccine.
Corona in Germany: Corona bonus for clinic employees
Update from February 8, 1:17 p.m
.: There should be a bonus for employees in the health service, Health Minister Spahn announced in a current statement to the press in Berlin.
"1,500 euros are possible tax-free," says Spahn.
The federal government is making money - 450 million - free for the hospitals.
"Anyone who wants to should get a flu vaccination," recommends Spahn.
The flu season has been extraordinarily mild so far.
27 million vaccination doses were inoculated.
Spahn announced that vaccine for the next flu season is now being ordered.
Eight million more than usual would be ordered.
Corona in Germany: Administrative court lifts night curfew in Baden-Württemberg
Update from February 8, 1:04 p.m
.: A first court lifts the night curfew in Baden-Württemberg.
Judges granted an urgent application from a woman from Tübingen on Monday.
According to the decision, the blanket curfew, which previously applied nationwide from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., is no longer appropriate due to the significantly improved pandemic situation.
The Mannheim administrative judges rejected the state government's argument that a “premature” lifting of the exit restrictions would carry the risk of renewed exponential growth in the number of infections.
This presentation is too general and undifferentiated.
So she does not deal with the fact that targeted communal nocturnal curfews are possible in circles with a strong infection rate.
Corona in Germany: Nine regions are still super hotspots
Update from February 8, 10:27 a.m
.: The corona infection in Germany seems to be slowing down.
But in some regions the number of cases is hardly going down.
The goal of the federal and state governments is to push the 7-day incidence below the 50 value.
But there are still corona hotspots.
The district of Tirschenreuth (Bavaria) is currently hardest hit with a 7-day incidence of 391.4.
The second hotspot in Bavaria is Wunsiedel in the Fichtelgebirge (304.2).
The district of Hof is currently in third place with a value of 282.7.
Schmalkalden-Meiningen in Thuringia (277.8), the Burgenlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt (265.6), the Bavarian city of Hof (264.0), Eichsfeld in Thuringia (226.0), Hildburghausen in Thuringia (221.5) and the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (211.4).
Corona in Germany: RKI reports the lowest value since the beginning of October
Update from February 8, 6.45 a.m
.: The RKI * reports 4,535 new corona infections and 158 deaths this Monday or with Covid-19 within one day.
The 7-day incidence is currently 76.0 (previous day: 75.6).
In the past few weeks, the value had fallen continuously.
The numbers published on Mondays and Sundays are usually lower, however, as not all health authorities transmit their data on weekends.
But there is a downward trend: The number of new infections is the lowest value in months, more precisely since October 18 (3,684 new corona infections).
Corona cases in Germany |
According to the RKI, 2,288,545 people have been proven to have been infected with Sars-CoV-2 since the beginning of the corona pandemic. |
Corona deaths in Germany |
61,675 people have died with or from a corona infection so far. |
7 day incidence |
76.0 |
active corona cases |
There are currently 185,600 active corona cases in Germany |
Meanwhile, the onset of winter is also hampering vaccinations in parts of Germany.
A vaccination center in Saxony-Anhalt will stop its operation this Monday - due to the weather conditions, not enough staff could come to Sangerhausen, said the district of Mansfeld-Südharz.
Anyone who has made an appointment for today should register for a new appointment this week.
Corona vaccination in Germany: Spahn wants to adjust the order
Update from February 7th, 10 p.m.: Coronavirus pandemic in Germany:
Federal
Minister of
Health
Jens Spahn (CDU)
announces a new
vaccination ordinance
for this Monday - with far-reaching adjustments in the vaccination sequence (see link).
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: Corona mutations are worrying
First report from February 7th
: Munich / Belm - South Africa variant, Brazil mutation, British mutant: The
mutations of the coronavirus
*
are
causing doctors, virologists and politicians
in
Germany
considerable concern in the hard lockdown.
Now there was
an outbreak of the
British corona variant B.1.1.7
in a
nursing home
.
In other words, where the virus is particularly dangerous for people.
And that although the residents had already received their second vaccination against Covid-19.
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: outbreak of the British mutation in old people's home in Lower Saxony
Specifically: In a
nursing home in the Lower Saxony community of Belm near Osnabrück
, 14 residents tested positive for the so-called
British variant of the
corona
virus - although all home residents had already received their second
immunization against corona
on January 25
.
The district of Osnabrück announced this in a press release this Sunday.
The entire home, all employees and their families were therefore
quarantined
.
Nursing employees who tested negatively are currently only allowed to commute from home to work.
Belm is located around eight kilometers northeast of downtown Osnabrück.
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: No reports of severe courses from Belm in Lower Saxony
There are therefore no reports of severe infections or even deaths.
That would mean that the vaccine is working to protect against the insidious virus in this
Covid-19 risk group
.
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