Corona mutants more widespread in Bavaria than the average: "Even more dangerous than the British variant"

Coronavirus mutants have spread more widely in Bavaria than the national average.

Areas on the border are particularly affected.

• More contagious variants * of the corona virus have spread further in Bavaria than the national average.

• The Munich infectiologist Clemens Wendtner warns particularly against the South African variant.

• On the border with the Czech Republic, the British variant * has gained the upper hand.

• You can find all the news about the coronavirus in Bavaria in our ticker.

Munich - More contagious variants of the coronan virus * have already spread further in Bavaria than the national average.

Mutants have already been identified in well over ten percent of those infected.

That is more than twice as many as in Germany as a whole, as the Munich-based infectiologist Clemens Wendtner said.

Above all, he warned against introducing the dangerous South African coronavirus * variant from Tyrol.

Corona mutations are spreading in Bavaria: Munich infectiologist warns

This can only be prevented with a strict approach at the border, as the chief physician for infectious diseases at the Munich Clinic Schwabing said.

If seamless controls do not work, all that remains is to close the borders.

“We are dealing with the South African variant.

As far as we know, this is even more dangerous than the British version, ”said Wendtner of the German Press Agency.

This is not only more infectious, but also more deadly according to initial findings.

Also, some vaccines worked less well against it.

Even those who already had Corona could probably get infected again.

The rate of secondary infections will therefore likely increase.

SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach had previously

warned

Merkur.de

about this variant of a “kind of new virus”.

British Corona variant in Eastern Bavaria: Share is over 40 percent

The British Corona * variant has already gained the upper hand in some eastern Bavarian regions with commuters from the Czech Republic.

According to Wendtner, for example, in the Tirschenreuth and Hof regions on the border with the Czech Republic, the proportion of mutants in positive cases is already over 40 percent.

All Bavarian hotspots are along the border with the Czech Republic.

According to the Federal Ministry of the Interior, the Czech Republic and Tyrol are now classified as virus variant areas.

There should be stationary controls at the borders with the Czech Republic as well as at the border with Austria.

Further consequences were initially still open.

Almost only Germans and foreigners residing in Germany are currently allowed to enter from the already defined mutation areas abroad.

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Corona in Bavaria: Wendtner calls for decisive action - AHAL rules are particularly important

Wendtner meanwhile called for decisive action.

"From an infectious point of view, I would say: Every week we wait is a week that will, in the end, extend the infection process many times over." The vaccination speed * therefore remains all the more important.

"Then we can hopefully reward each other with a more relaxed summer."

(Kam / dpa) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen digital editorial network.

You can find an overview of the new corona rules in Bavaria in our overview.