The corona numbers in Germany are falling - hope for a nice summer is growing.
An embarrassing vaccination breakdown has now occurred in Cologne.
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The most important key figures of the corona pandemic are falling and give hope for a relaxed summer.
But experts warn: It could be too early for euphoria and rapid relaxation
(see initial report)
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An embarrassing vaccination breakdown has now occurred in Cologne
(see update from May 16, 5:59 p.m.).
This news ticker on the corona pandemic in Germany is continuously updated.
Update from May 17, 2021, 6.25 a.m.:
The third wave seems broken, the number of new corona infections has been falling steadily for a few days.
And the Robert Koch Institute can also record a decline in the number of cases on Monday.
Officially, 5,412 people have tested positive for the corona virus in the past 24 hours.
A week ago, the health authorities in Germany had reported 6922 new cases to the RKI.
However, the RKI had already emphasized at the weekend: on the weekend and especially shortly after a public holiday followed by a bridging day, the numbers could be distorted (see update from May 16, 7.15 a.m.).
The seven-day incidence stagnates nationwide at a value of 83.1 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants, the RKI had already recorded this value on Sunday.
In the previous week this incidence was given as 119.1.
According to the information, 64 new deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours.
A week ago there were 54 dead.
Corona in Germany: Embarrassing breakdown in NRW - vaccination center gives wrong appointments
Update from May 16, 7:54 p.m.:
A new corona protection regulation has been in force in North Rhine-Westphalia since Saturday (May 15).
Among other things, this again allows open-air events with up to 500 spectators.
The prerequisite for this is that the incidence has been below the value of 100 for five working days.
In addition, every viewer would have to be able to show a negative corona test.
Now Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln is also hoping to play its next league game in front of a few fans. Fan support could use the relegation-threatened Cologne well. In the home game against Schalke 04 next Saturday (May 22nd) the billy goats will have to stay up. "We are constantly in talks with the authorities and will intensify them this week," said FC managing director Alexander Wehrle at
Bild
. “In theory, we have a chance to play in front of fans, but the incidence value has to be consistently below 100 for a week.” In Cologne, the incidence on Sunday (May 16) was 89.8.
Update from May 16, 5:59 p.m.:
Embarrassing breakdown in North Rhine-Westphalia: A vaccination center in Cologne had given numerous appointments for second vaccinations for this Sunday (May 16).
However, the facility was closed that day.
"Staff were sent to take the contact details," said a spokeswoman for the city of Cologne.
For the time being, it remained open how many people were affected by the deadline.
But they should all get a new date for their second corona vaccination.
Corona in Germany: Göring-Eckert calls for two nationwide test weeks
Update from May 16, 3:10 p.m
.: Is Germany threatening a fourth wave soon? In order to prevent exactly that, the Greens parliamentary group leader Katrin Göring-Eckardt is now warning of setbacks in the corona pandemic due to a wave of trips in the summer. Göring-Eckardt is therefore calling for two nationwide test weeks before the summer holidays for all regions with still high corona numbers. "In these two weeks, all people in rural districts and urban districts with an incidence of over 50 should receive three self-tests for their home," said Göring-Eckardt the
Tagesspiegel
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Update from May 16, 2.30 p.m.:
A tragic incident * has now occurred in a vaccination center in North Rhine-Westphalia.
A 69-year-old had initially received a vaccination, only an hour later the man died in a hospital.
A possible connection is still completely unclear.
Update from May 16, 2021, 11:10 a.m.:
The vaccination campaign in Germany continues to pick up speed, but experts are now surprising with a damper.
A booster of the vaccination could soon be necessary, health expert Karl Lauterbach even believes in a second round of vaccinations * in autumn.
Corona in Germany: RKI publishes current figures
Update from May 16, 7.15 a.m.:
The nationwide seven-day incidence in Germany has fallen sharply again. While it was 87.3 on Saturday, it is only 83.1 on Sunday (RKI, as of 4/5/3:10). The incidence is highest in Thuringia with 127.5 and lowest in Schleswig-Holstein with 36.5. With an incidence of 49.2, the city of Hamburg is now also below the 50 mark. With around 8,500 newly registered corona infections, the number is around 4,000 lower than a week ago, even if one takes into account the fact that the number of cases is to be interpreted differently on weekends than during the week. In addition, 71 new deaths related to the coronavirus were registered. The number of active Covid-19 cases fell slightly and is now around 221,000.
Update from May 15, 8:07 p.m
.: Germany is on the threshold of a possibly carefree summer. It is the SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach, of all people, who said an important sentence to t-online: "I think the great times of the pandemic are over."
He did this, however, not without restrictions: on the one hand, people who were hesitant or not vaccinated at all, and on the other hand, virus mutants would ensure that the pandemic will stay with the country for a while - albeit "on the back burner".
One must now ensure that society is "healed" - this also includes the healing of social divisions, such as those between vaccination supporters and vaccination skeptics or opponents of vaccination.
"We cannot say that the pandemic is over for us vaccinated people and not for others - we have to approach it with a sure instinct."
Corona in Germany: Lauterbach foresees a complicated autumn
“We will definitely have a complicated situation again in the autumn. There will be people whose immunity will be lost again, plus the changing weather and new mutations, ”said Lauterbach. He is particularly concerned if 20 to 30 percent of people have not been vaccinated by then.
The idea of achieving herd immunity through vaccinations and convalescents is "only a theoretical construct".
The USA, where vaccination progress is already far, has moved away from this goal.
First, because not enough people were vaccinated, and second, because possible mutants could affect immunity.
"It is not a new finding that we have to learn to live with the virus," said Lauterbach.
Furthermore, he regards the immunization of as many people as possible as the key to one's own health and starts a weapon against the spread of new mutants.
Corona in Germany: Greens expert warns of the spread of the Indian mutant
First report from May 15, 6:04 p.m
.: Munich - The signs point to easing, hope for a carefree summer is increasing. And the numbers fit: the nationwide incidence drops to 87.3 on Saturday - a week ago it was 121.5. More than 30 million people have been vaccinated for the first time. But are there still reasons for pessimism? What will happen to the summer in Germany?
"It is far too early to give guarantees that we are all safe and that this pandemic is over," said Janosch Dahmen, health expert for the Greens parliamentary group in the Bundestag, to n-tv.
He worries that too few people are still vaccinated.
In addition, the Indian variant * could at some point also be predominant in Germany.
"That could well call into question previous successes in the pandemic," he said.
Opening steps may therefore not be feasible as planned.
Indian mutant underestimated: What is known about variant B.1.617 so far
According to the RKI, the proportion of identified infections with variant B.1.617 - also known as the Indian variant - is around two percent.
However, studies in Great Britain showed that the proportion can double within a week.
What is known about the mutant so far:
The variants B.1617.1 and B.1617.2 have appeared in India since December 2020 and are grouped together to form B.1617.
It has been classified as "worrying" by the RKI and the WHO.
That is, it is observed whether it is more quickly transferable and more dangerous.
Together with the lifting of protective measures and poor medical care, it contributes to the situation in India, where several thousand people continue to die every day.
The variant has mutations at three structurally important points - whether these make the virus insensitive to vaccines has not yet been clarified - mainly because so far only contaminated substances have been tested outside of Europe.
A study from Göttingen (Hoffmann and Pöhlmann) and observations in English retirement homes suggest that vaccinated people can also become infected, but the course is milder.
The virologist Ulrike Protzer (TU Munich) summarized on Twitter: The vaccines should still protect well!
Openings, end of the mask requirement as in the USA - or will we still experience a Corona summer 2021?
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Schleswig-Holstein, Timmendorfer Strand: Can Germans look forward to a carefree summer without Corona measures?
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In the past week, the United States lifted the mask requirement for the vast majority of situations for those who were fully vaccinated.
Other countries, such as Israel or Great Britain, are easing further measures in gastronomy or tourism, or have already done so.
Could the spread of the Indian variant still jeopardize the positive scenario for Germany?
Green expert Dahmen sees the danger of a fourth wave before summer.
Only when it is clear that the variant does not block an immune response through the vaccination * can one think of easing - probably towards autumn: "When we have reached a vaccination rate of 60 to 80 percent in the population, then we will take overall protective measures - also reduce the AHA rules bit by bit and eventually lift them, ”said Dahmen.
Karl Lauterbach, SPD health expert, has been known for negative forecasts since the beginning of the corona pandemic. At the end of the week, however, he tweeted a much more optimistic forecast for the summer - especially with regard to the possible dangers of the Indian mutation: “We underestimated the Indian variant. Nevertheless, it will not jeopardize our success in the summer. ”
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