From 9.30 a.m., Spahn and RKI boss Wieler will answer journalists' questions.
Your statements are eagerly awaited, because the corona situation seems to be changing again.
The corona situation in Germany is apparently developing differently than last thought: The number of new infections is only falling slightly.
Opening perspectives are still required: Virologist Streeck can imagine opening catering establishments on a trial basis.
RKI * President Wieler and Health Minister Spahn (CDU) * together with Bavaria's Health Minister Holetschek (CSU) * will again be informing about the current situation from 9.30 a.m.
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Berlin - The calls for openings and lockdown loosening do not fall silent.
Because Germany has been in lockdown for several months.
And it clearly looked to be improving: The corona numbers are falling.
But the risk of mutations always swam with it.
It was not until Wednesday that Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) brought the news that the proportion of samples examined that contain corona mutations is increasing.
According to the RKI, the proportion of the more contagious British variant rose from just under six to more than 22 percent within two weeks.
Scientists already doubted that the incidence is likely to drop below 35.
Because the numbers of new corona infections are no longer falling as much as they were last.
It is possible that the trend will soon develop sideways instead of downwards.
What this means for the further measures is still unclear.
In order to contribute to the acceptance of the measures in the population, good communication and justification of the rules are crucial.
This is one of the reasons why Health Minister Spahn and the President of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Lothar Wieler, have sat in front of the journalists at the Federal Press Conference every Friday for a few weeks.
Such an appointment will take place again today from 9.30 a.m.
This time Klaus Holetschek (CSU), Chairman of the State Health Ministers Conference and Minister from Bavaria will also be there and talk about the current Corona situation.
Press conference with Spahn and Wieler: Debate about trust in Astrazeneca's vaccine
Vaccination * in Germany is progressing, but more speed is still required.
A discussion has recently broken out about trust in Astrazeneca's vaccine.
In contrast to the active ingredients from Biontech / Pfizer and Moderna, this is not an mRNA vaccine, but a vector vaccine.
The effectiveness of Astrazeneca is given at around 60 percent, Biontech and Moderna achieve around 95 percent according to current information.
"However, it seems to be the case that Astrazeneca, like the other corona vaccines, also provides good protection against severe courses," explained Peter Kremsner, chief infectiologist at the University of Tübingen to the
Münchner Merkur *
.
"To say that the Astrazeneca vaccine would be second class is completely wrong, both scientifically and in terms of its public effect," said the Secretary General of the German Society for Immunology, Carsten Watzl, to the
Augsburger Allgemeine.
The FDP demanded that Chancellor Merkel and Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier get vaccinated in order to increase trust in the population.
SPD politician Karl Lauterbach wants to immunize himself soon because he will be working as a vaccination doctor in a Leverkusen vaccination center.
Spahn also said at last that he would be vaccinated immediately, but did not want to push ahead.
Press conference with Spahn and Wieler - virologist wants to open restaurants on a trial basis
The corona situation in Germany remains difficult.
Mainly because it is unclear how the numbers will develop with regard to the mutations.
The spread is to be contained, among other things with border controls.
But it can be assumed that further requests for opening will be made, also because the collateral damage of the measures is high.
Virologist Hendrik Streeck, for example, spoke out in favor of opening up restaurants on a trial basis.
"You should now open restaurants on a test basis and review various hygiene measures, from the distance between the tables to the ventilation and contact tracking," Streeck told the news magazine
Focus
.
There is currently “the tendency to close everything.
With good precautions, restaurants could be safer than the domestic area, ”emphasized Streeck.
Streeck is skeptical of the threshold value agreed by the federal government and the federal states for openings of a maximum of 35 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days: "The problem with these guide values is that they have no scientific basis, but are more of a political nature." Instead of the criterion Streeck recommends a corona traffic light for the incidence of infection.
It should be set to red, yellow or green depending on the occupancy of the clinics with Covid 19 patients, the number of new infections broken down by age group and the reproduction factor.
(cibo / dpa) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen digital network.