RKI boss Lothar Wieler issues an urgent warning: "The third corona wave has begun!"
365 days of pandemic: A year ago today, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO)
declared
the
coronavirus
outbreak
a pandemic.
As
reported by echo24.de *
, 118,000 infections were reported worldwide and almost 4,300 people died after an infection.
Now, a year later, there are almost 120 million reported infections worldwide and a good 2.6 million deaths, according to WHO statistics.
In the meantime there are vaccines and the vaccination campaigns are slowly starting, but public life, society and the economy are still dominated by Corona.
The most important issues in our everyday life are: When can I get vaccinated? * What side effects does the
vaccine have
?
How dangerous are the corona mutations *?
Third wave: the vaccination campaign is a race against the mutating coronavirus
And now it is here: the dreaded third
corona wave
.
According to
bw24.de *,
an expert has just warned of a terrifying corona scenario * in Stuttgart.
Lothar Wieler, head of the
Robert Koch Institute (RKI)
, did not mince words in a conversation with the UN Journalists' Association (ACANU) in Geneva - and spoke plainly: “We have very clear signs of this: In Germany has the third wave has already started. "
In addition, Wieler expressed how concerned he was about this condition, reports the
German Press Agency (dpa)
.
Despite vaccinations, it is extremely important to continue to strictly adhere to the protective measures and consistently wear a mask and keep your distance.
We have very clear signs of this: The third wave has already started in Germany
Lothar Wieler, head of the Robert Koch Institute
The vaccination campaign is a race against the mutating virus, says von
Wieler
.
Nevertheless, the RKI boss also gives hope: the finish line is in sight!
If there are no interruptions due to production downtimes or other reasons, 80 percent of the population could be immune to the virus by autumn - and if that were the case, then
all measures
could be
lifted
!
Then presumably only refreshments are necessary at regular intervals.
Third wave: WHO worries about the distribution of corona vaccines
Meanwhile, the WHO is particularly concerned about the uneven distribution of vaccines, because if the virus continues to spread unhindered in some regions of the world, it can continue to mutate and the
corona variants
could again become a threat to the whole world.
Since many rich countries have direct contracts with the vaccine companies,
fewer doses are available on the market for the solidarity vaccine initiative Covax
, according to the
WHO
.
On Wednesday, March 10th, the eighth attempt in Geneva failed to demand that more than 100 countries temporarily suspend patents on corona vaccines in order to boost production worldwide.
Wealthy countries and the pharmaceutical industry say that all production capacities are already being used through licensing agreements.
The Indian ambassador contradicted this.
Rich countries continued to block the advance, the next talks will not take place until April.
*
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