The number of corona cases in Germany is falling - at a still high level.
In a retirement home, nine residents die after the vaccination has been canceled.
Our news ticker on the corona situation.
The number of corona infections * in Germany is falling - a positive trend has been noticeable since January.
The lockdown extension, virus mutations * and violations of the vaccination sequence are causing discussions.
Nine residents of a senior citizens' home in Cologne died of Corona.
Her vaccination
appointments
had previously been postponed
(update from February 14, 9:01 a.m.)
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In Baden-Württemberg over 200 people celebrated Mardi Gras and showed no understanding when they broke up
(update from February 14, 1:44 p.m.)
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This news ticker is updated regularly.
Update from February 14, 3:13 p.m.:
The strict controls at Germany's borders came into force on Sunday.
The entry ban had already caused displeasure among the affected neighbors in Austria and the Czech Republic.
Even the announced exceptions for systemically important commuters do not seem to be able to appease the mood.
A protest movement in the Czech Republic has now called for “retaliatory measures”.
Calling on the government in Prague to completely close the borders for Germans, it said on Sunday in a call spread on Facebook.
Czech health workers who work in Saxony and Bavaria should be prevented from crossing the border and deployed in local hospitals.
"The Germans defend their own national interests, and if our government showed leadership, it would," it said.
Behind the call is the "Chcipl Pes" movement, which is committed to easing the corona measures.
Both government and opposition politicians in Prague have so far been reluctant to comment on the classification of the Czech Republic as a so-called virus variant area.
The Czech Republic itself had largely imposed an entry ban on foreigners - but there are numerous exceptions for commuters as well as business and transit travelers.
Corona in Germany: According to the positive trend in incidence - over 200 people celebrate Carnival
Update from February 14th, 1:44 p.m.:
The numbers of corona infections and deaths are falling - as is the incidence.
That is the positive news in times of the pandemic.
According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the incidence fell to around 57 nationwide by Sunday morning.
Two federal states have less than 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week, none has a value over 100. However, the differences between the districts remain drastic.
The Bavarian districts of Tirschenreuth with just under 310 and Wunsiedel in the Fichtel Mountains with 230, followed by Wesermarsch in Lower Saxony (221), by far had the highest incidence.
The districts of Schweinfurt and Münster recorded the lowest values with just under 6 and 11.
In the Lake Constance district, too, the incidence has fallen sharply again in recent weeks.
Evidently reason enough for 55 fools to ignore caution.
The carnival supporters gathered in Überlingen on Lake Constance despite the currently applicable Corona rules on the occasion of the traditional Hänsele parade.
About 200 spectators - most of them disguised - were in the city center on Saturday evening, the police announced on Sunday.
Among other things, with wagons on which large loudspeakers were transported, the celebrants caused temporary traffic obstruction.
The police broke up the carnival celebration - but only after considerable discussion and incomprehension on the part of the visitors.
Some participants are now expecting an advertisement.
After the introduction of strict border controls: Söder promises to be eased for the first time
Update from February 14th, 12:37 p.m.:
Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder and Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Hermann (both CSU) drove to Schirnding on the Czech border on Sunday afternoon.
The two met there with representatives of the Federal Police and the Bavarian border police and defended the new strict entry controls.
Although the incidence is encouraging, the new rules for “mutation areas” are still necessary.
Because it is noticeable that the hotspots are particularly at the borders.
Previously, there had been criticism of the border closure at EU level.
The affected neighbors in Tyrol were also angry.
The Tyrolean governor Günther Platter had sharply criticized the measure.
For thousands of commuters from Tyrol who drive to Bavaria to work, this actually means that they cannot work.
So far, about 1,000 people had been checked at the border with Austria on Sunday, and 247 were sent back.
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Markus Söder on the Czech border.
He defends the new entry controls.
© Matthias Balk / dpa
In fact, the rules for certain commuter groups are now to be relaxed, as the Ministry of the Interior and Söder agreed.
Anyone who is needed to maintain the functionality of a company in systemically relevant industries will be allowed to enter the country in the future.
The employment contract must be presented during the inspection.
"Entry should remain possible for cross-border commuters in systemically relevant occupational sectors," said Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU).
"We take a pragmatic approach wherever possible."
Corona lockdown in Germany: fitness studio chain gets creative - and immediately gets problems
Update from February 14th, 10.55 a.m.:
Anyone who normally trains in the gym has been in front of closed doors in Germany for months.
In order to still offer its own members a range of sports, the McFit chain has become creative and has set up tents in ten parking spaces in front of its own studios in German cities.
There you can do strength training with heavy weights and on machines - or better you COULD.
Strict hygiene regulations apply; for a training session you have to register online beforehand.
An offer that is well received by the members after the makeshift strength training at home.
A short time after the release on Saturday, the studio chain's website was already overloaded with inquiries.
But the training tents have already been closed again at several locations, as
Bild
reported.
The regulatory agencies in Hamburg, Neunkirchen, Mainz and Bremen have closed the outdoor facilities again.
In Berlin, Rostock, Braunschweig, Mannheim, Wiesbaden and Magdeburg you can continue to train for the time being.
“Four of our ten outdoor gym locations have recently been officially closed.
We are in close and positive exchange with the respective authorities on site in order to find solutions as to how we can reopen as soon as possible, ”explains McFit boss Rainer Schaller
Bild
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Failure to vaccinate in North Rhine-Westphalia: nine people die in a senior citizens' home in Cologne
Update from February 14th, 9:01 a.m.:
The vaccination campaign got off to a bumpy start in Germany.
It's no longer a secret.
A corona outbreak in a parental home of the synagogue community in North Rhine-Westphalia now had serious consequences.
Because nine residents died in the Cologne retirement home after a corona outbreak.
Previously, vaccination appointments had to be postponed due to the lack of a vaccine.
This is reported by
Bild am Sonntag
.
In the meantime, 58 of 71 residents have become infected.
20 nurses are also said to be affected.
“We vaccinated on February 4th.
It was able to illness only a very small number of residents to be vaccinated, since we already had the acute onset with Covid-19, "said Bettina Levy, board member of the synagogue municipality of Cologne opposite
image
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"We expected a much earlier vaccination date and we, the board of directors, have worked hard to ensure that the residents of the parents' home are vaccinated as soon as possible."
Fear of mutations: Strict border controls come into force in Germany
Update from February 14th, 8.27 a.m.:
On Sunday night, stricter entry
rules
came into force at the borders with the Czech Republic and the Austrian state of Tyrol.
For fear of the more contagious variants of the corona virus that are widespread there, strict controls are carried out at the corresponding border crossings in Bavaria and Saxony.
Only Germans and foreigners with residence and residence permit in Germany are now allowed to enter.
This is stated in an ordinance from the Ministry of Interior.
However, some exceptions apply, for example for doctors, nurses and geriatric nurses as well as truck drivers and seasonal agricultural workers.
The strict border controls had been criticized again and again, most recently by EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides.
"The fear of the mutations in the coronavirus is understandable.
But the truth is that the virus cannot be stopped by closed borders, "she said in an interview with
Augsburger Allgemeine
.
They consider a Europe with closed borders like in March 2020 to be wrong.
Corona in Germany: The incidence continues to fall
Update from February 14, 7:31 a.m.:
The health authorities reported 6114 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within 24 hours.
218 new deaths were recorded, according to numbers from the RKI on Sunday.
On Sunday, the number of cases reported by the RKI is usually lower, partly because fewer tests are carried out on the weekend.
The data reflect the status of the RKI dashboard from 5.30 a.m., subsequent changes or additions are possible.
For comparison: Last Sunday, 8616 new infections and 231 deaths were recorded.
The number of new infections reported within seven days per 100,000 inhabitants (seven-day incidence) was 57.4 nationwide on Sunday morning, according to the RKI.
Four weeks ago, on January 17th, the incidence had been 136.
The nationwide seven-day R-value was, according to the RKI situation report from Saturday evening, at 0.90 (previous day 0.87).
This means that 100 infected people infect 90 more people.
The value represents the occurrence of the infection 8 to 16 days ago.
If it is below 1 for a long time, the infection process subsides.
Corona outbreak in the slaughterhouse in Schleswig-Holstein: More than 100 infected people
Update from February 13, 8:39 p.m
.: In a slaughterhouse in Husum (Schleswig-Holstein) there was a corona outbreak with more than 100 infected people.
The authorities in the district of North Friesland closed the operation until February 24th.
193 other employees have so far tested negative.
So far, according to district spokesmen, there is no evidence of a mutation.
Corona in Germany: Five residents of a retirement home died - despite a second vaccination
Update from February 13, 5.41 p.m
.: In the Cloppenburg district, five residents of a retirement home have apparently died in the past few days, although they had already received the second dose of vaccination.
"We can't explain it to ourselves," said Hermann Schröer, the manager of the home in Emsteck, opposite the NDR - neither how the virus got into the house, nor why the residents died despite being vaccinated.
A spokesman for the district said that a full protective effect could only develop two weeks after the second vaccination.
In the coming week, saliva samples are to be taken from other infected patients and employees and examined for virus mutations.
There should also be severe courses among other infected people.
Corona in Germany: outbreak in hospital in Rottweil
Update from February 13, 4:14 p.m
.: In a hospital in Rottweil (Baden-Württemberg), 55 employees and two patients were infected with the corona virus.
According to official orders, all uninfected employees are now allowed to commute as contact person 1 between their place of work and their home.
At home, they should isolate themselves from their family members.
Persons admitted as inpatients are also considered as category 1 contact persons - external persons are no longer allowed to enter the hospital.
There are exceptions for accompanying the dying and pregnant women and their relatives.
Update from February 13, 3:28 p.m
.: A corona outbreak has occurred in the factory of device manufacturer Kärcher in Obersontheim (Baden-Württemberg).
At least 36 employees were infected with corona, reports the SWR.
Kärcher had started to test the employees after several infections, including the British corona mutation, had been found during the week.
According to SWR, 19 contact persons are under quarantine, and 251 other employees have been sent to Kärcher in company quarantine.
The plant in the Schwäbisch Hall district has a total of more than 900 employees.
7-day incidence: Last federal state in Germany under 100
Update from February 13, 12:37 p.m
.: The 7-day incidence is currently below 100 in all federal states. In Thuringia, the value has fallen to 98.8 (previous day: 106), as shown on the Covid-19 dashboard of Robert Koch Institute (RKI) can be recognized.
The entire map of Germany is currently shining orange.
This could change soon.
Baden-Württemberg (51.0) and Rhineland-Palatinate (51.0) are heading for a value below 50.
The federal states are then marked in yolk yellow on the Corona map.
Experience has shown that the number of corona cases on weekends should be treated with caution.
Late registrations and changes are possible.
The focus has also shifted to a new key figure.
According to the federal-state resolution, the aim is to keep the 7-day incidence stable below 35.
Corona in Germany: RKI reports 152,000 active corona cases
Update from February 13, 8:10 a.m
.: In Germany, 8354 new coronavirus infections and 551 further deaths have been recorded at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in the past 24 hours (as of February 13, 0 a.m.).
However, there were always late registrations on and after the weekends.
But the infection process continues to relax, as a comparison of the number of cases from last Saturday shows (see table below).
The 7-day incidence is 60.1 on Saturday morning.
According to the RKI, 2,328,447 people have been proven to be infected with Sars-CoV-2 since the start of the corona pandemic.
The actual total number is likely to be significantly higher since many infections are not detected.
64,742 people have died of or with a corona infection so far.
The RKI estimates the number of those who have recovered at around 2,112,000.
There are currently around 152,000 active corona cases in Germany.
Saturday February 13th 2021 |
Saturday February 6th 2021 |
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New corona infections within 24 hours |
8,354 corona cases |
10,485 corona cases |
Deaths within 24 hours |
551 deaths |
689 deaths |
7-day incidence nationwide |
60.1 |
77 |
Corona in Germany - Merkel comments on the situation
Update from February 12, 5:37 p.m.:
Chancellor Angela Merkel
commented
on the current Corona situation in an interview with ZDF journalist Marietta Slomka.
In doing so, she warned the population that Germany was not yet out of the woods despite the falling number of infections.
"We have had a difficult time and are still in the middle of it," said the Chancellor.
Merkel also sees positive aspects: “We have halved the number of cases in the last three and a half weeks.
That is, we are on a declining branch where fewer cases occur.
And that's good news. "
Corona in Germany: Chancellor Merkel believes a turnaround is possible - "Now depends on us"
Merkel said whether the turnaround will succeed “now depends on us”.
The CDU politician also explained why one would keep an eye on 35 in addition to the incidence value of 50.
“When you go over 50, you have to take comprehensive protective measures.
Because one has to assume that we will experience exponential growth and thus one day the health system will be overloaded, ”said Merkel.
The Chancellor also explained the specific procedure for several successive opening steps.
Update from February 12, 4 p.m.:
Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) expects the Corona vaccination campaign to achieve the first goal and that all nursing home residents will be offered a vaccination by mid-February.
He said that on Friday in Berlin.
A total of three percent of people in Germany are now vaccinated - around six weeks after the start of the vaccination - 1.5 percent of them also with the necessary second vaccination, said Spahn.
5.7 million vaccine doses were therefore
delivered.
By the end of next week it should be 8 million.
Corona mutation at the border is taking on alarming proportions - Spahn calls measures "unavoidable"
Update from February 12, 11:21 a.m.:
The press conference with Health Minister Jens Spahn and RKI boss Lothar Wieler has ended.
Update from February 12th, 11:15 am:
"Regularly" it is possible to inoculate a sixth vaccination can from an ampoule.
"Occasionally even a seventh," explains Spahn.
"If the deliveries come, as announced, the vaccination numbers will increase significantly," the health minister clarifies.
"Then the time will come in spring when we will involve the doctor's practices in the vaccination," he continues.
One is already in the process of pressing ahead with this planning.
Update from February 12, 11:03 a.m.:
The discussion as to why hairdressers are allowed to open from March 1, but retailers are not, is understandable.
"That is exactly the debate we are faced with when we open it," explains Spahn.
"Sometimes opening is more difficult than making restrictions," says the Minister of Health, describing the dilemma when it comes to fairness.
Update from February 12th, 10:59 am:
Sanctions for "vaccine-pushers"?
Spahn explains that, especially in times of vaccine shortages, “almost anything is actually better than throwing it away”.
However, rules are needed to deal with vaccine residues at the end of the day, according to the Minister of Health.
Some vaccination centers have found a good approach.
He cites fire fighters and police officers as possible examples.
"The discussion is understandable," explains Spahn.
He announced meetings with the countries on this topic.
Corona in Germany: Spahn wants to check prioritized vaccination of primary school teachers and educators
Update from February 12, 10:49 a.m.:
Health Minister Spahn explains that he will comply with the request to check whether a prioritized vaccination of primary school teachers and educators in daycare centers makes sense.
He will discuss this with Stiko.
However, it is particularly important to him that prioritization group 1 first receives a vaccination offer.
Update from February 12, 10:46 a.m.:
Spahn explains that the incidence thresholds 35 and 50 are in the Infection Protection Act.
"For 12 months the approach has been that there can and should be different approaches," said the Minister of Health.
Update from February 12, 10:43 am:
"The incidence is the number that changes the fastest," explains Wieler.
Therefore, it is a good benchmark when it comes to taking measures against increases.
It is not the best guideline for loosening up.
"The lower the number, the easier it is to control the infection rate," explains Ciesek about the incidence.
Corona in Germany: The proportion of infections with virus mutations is likely to increase
Update from February 12th, 10:40 am:
"The number of infections is falling, but the proportion of virus mutations is increasing", so the initial assumptions according to Health Minister Spahn.
"All the measures that we know also help to reduce the transmission of the variants," explains RKI boss Wieler.
He also assumes an increase in the proportion of infections with virus mutations.
Update from February 12, 10:34 a.m.:
Spahn explains that 1.5 percent of the population have already received a second vaccination.
80 percent of the nursing home residents were first vaccinated.
Not everyone accepts the offer, so it is important to Spahn to have at least given everyone a vaccination offer.
Corona in Germany: Declaration by Tyrol and the Czech Republic on virus mutation areas "unavoidable"
Update from February 12th, 10:32 am:
"We have to protect our country from the entry of further viruses," explains Spahn.
That is why Tyrol and the Czech Republic have been declared virus mutation areas.
"This measure hurts," said Spahn.
But it is "unavoidable for a certain time", as msl24 * also reports.
Update from February 12, 10.30 a.m.:
Health Minister Spahn has now arrived from the Bundestag and takes the floor.
“This winter is tough,” he begins.
The number of infections is falling, but “the numbers are still too high and the virus mutations too dangerous” for comprehensive easing.
Opening it too early runs the risk of setback.
"It's about protecting our health system from overload," says Spahn.
"Better to hold out for a while longer than risk setbacks."
Spahn says this week's measures offer prospects.
“It is good” that schools are opening.
With lower numbers, further openings are possible.
"If we open now, we will gamble away our previous success," explains Spahn.
Update from February 12, 10:26 am:
Virologist Sandra Ciesek gives an update on self-tests for everyone.
The approval is running.
“It is important that these tests have a certain quality,” explains Ciesek.
A rapid antigen test is not a medical diagnosis.
You still have to follow the hygiene rules.
She sees the tests as another way of breaking the chain of infection.
Corona in Germany: Federal press conference on the current Corona situation
Update from February 12, 10:23 a.m.:
Wieler goes into the corona infection
numbers
.
The trend is positive, the situation in the intensive care units is slowly stabilizing.
“The measures are working.” However, too many people are still dying, says Wieler.
It is also assumed that the spread of the variants will increase.
"Every infection is one too many," said Wieler.
It is imperative to prevent the variants from spreading and new variants from emerging.
Update from February 12, 10:20 a.m.:
The federal press
conference
begins, Health Minister Jens Spahn is not yet present.
RKI boss Lothar Wieler first takes the floor.
"The Corona measures are effective, not only against Covid-19," he explains initially.
The number of infectious diseases in Germany has fallen, the RKI boss cites the flu as the most important example.
This season there are significantly fewer cases than in normal years.
"The flu wave did not materialize, anywhere in the world," Wieler clarifies.
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Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn and RKI boss Lothar Wieler inform on Friday about the current Corona situation in Germany.
© Michael Kappeler / dpa
Update from February 12, 10:02 a.m.:
In a few minutes the federal press
conference
in Berlin begins.
Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn (CDU), RKI boss Lothar Wieler and virologist Sandra Ciesek provide information about the current developments in the corona situation in Germany.
Corona in Germany: RKI figures show positive trend - lockdown extension nonetheless
First report from February 12th:
Berlin - The infection numbers in Germany give reason for hope in the corona pandemic.
The numbers are falling and a positive trend can be seen.
At a federal press conference on Friday (from 10.15 a.m.), Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU), RKI boss Lothar Wieler and virologist Sandra Ciesek will provide information about the current corona situation in lockdown.
On Friday morning, the RKI reported 9860 new corona infections * and 556 deaths within one day.
The nationwide 7-day incidence has fallen to a value of 62.2 - a month ago it was 155. Nevertheless, after the federal and state summit on Wednesday, the corona lockdown * in Germany was initially until March 7th extended.
The new target incidence value for openings is now 35. The opening of schools and daycare centers is left to the federal states.
One reason for the extension of the lockdown is the impending danger of the spread of the corona mutations.
The South African virus variant has broken out in Tyrol and has given the Austrian government a travel warning for its own federal state.
Since early Friday morning there have been exit controls at the Tyrolean border with Bavaria, but also with neighboring Austrian states.
Departure is only possible with a negative corona test *, which must not be older than 48 hours.
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German police officers check people entering the border between Kufstein and Kiefersfelden.
© Peter Kneffel / dpa
Corona in Germany: concern about mutations - Tyrol and the Czech Republic now "virus mutation areas"
The Czech Republic is struggling with an outbreak of the British virus variant *.
According to the Bavarian state government, this mutation has already gained the upper hand among commuters in some eastern Bavarian regions.
The proportion of the mutated variant in positive corona tests is around 70 percent in Tirschenreuth, and more than 40 percent in Wunsiedel, said Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) on Thursday in the ZDF program "Markus Lanz".
Both cities are close to the Czech border.
According to the Federal Ministry of the Interior, the Czech Republic and Tyrol were therefore classified as so-called virus mutation areas on Thursday.
Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) decided to introduce temporary border controls at the borders with the Czech Republic as well as the internal border controls with Austria that have existed since the refugee crisis, a spokesman said.
The Federal Government is currently coordinating with all partners involved, "especially on possible exceptions" and will soon provide information about this.
The next mutation hotspot on the German border could develop in France.
Corona in Germany: Violations of the sequence of vaccinations - patient protectors demand penalties from Spahn
Corona vaccinations * in Germany also remain a topic for discussion.
There were violations of the vaccination sequence in at least nine federal states.
This was the result of a research by the dpa.
Local politicians, clergymen as well as firefighters and police officers were vaccinated against the corona virus, although they do not belong to the first priority group.
In most cases, the early vaccinations were justified with leftover vaccine doses.
A nationwide binding regulation on how to deal with vaccine residues has not yet existed.
On request, the Federal Ministry of Health informed the dpa that the organization and implementation of corona vaccinations * were a matter for the federal states.
"They are also responsible for checking whether the prioritization specifications are adhered to."
The German Foundation for Patient Protection considers a penalty for unauthorized corona vaccinations * to be necessary.
The vaccine ordinance is actually aimed at a fair allocation of the vaccine - "therefore it is incomprehensible that Jens Spahn does not include any sanctions for unauthorized vaccinations in his ordinance", criticized the board member Eugen Brysch.
This is not even classified as an administrative offense, he said.
(ph / dpa) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital editors network
List of rubric lists: © Sebastian Gollnow / dpa