The delta variant of the corona virus is now also prevalent in Germany - and thus confirms worrying forecasts.
At the same time, the vaccination rate decreases.
Warn experts!
Germany is actually in a good position - the corona pandemic seems to be under control at the moment. The 7-day incidence for Germany has risen slightly recently, but is still at a very low value of 5.2. Baden-Württemberg's incidence value even fell slightly *. But despite the supposedly relaxed situation, experts are anything but relaxed. Many fear that the particularly contagious Corona variant "Delta" could bring the fourth wave. This reports
echo24.de *.
Because the delta variant is spreading more and more - at the same time the vaccination rate is ebbing.
Many Germans skip their second vaccination, often without canceling the appointment.
The vaccination centers in Öhringen and Rot am See are also affected by this unpleasant phenomenon.
A problem - especially when you consider that the delta mutation is now also prevalent in Germany.
Although the number of infections is still low, the percentage of delta infections is now 59 percent.
The
Robert Koch Institute RKI has
now announced this.
Delta variant dominates: politicians and doctors are calling for creativity for corona vaccination campaign
Concerned about how this could affect the absolute number of infections, both politicians and doctors are now calling for the vaccination campaign to be promoted through additional incentives. Because as
Merkur.de *
reports, the number of infections is already exploding in some countries. This is one of the reasons why the Marburger Bund doctors' union recently told the
Rheinische Post
that more creativity was required from the local authorities. The chairwoman, Susanne Johna, stated that "you have to address people directly and not wait until they come to the vaccination center."
Their motto: the lower the threshold, the better.
And Johna is not alone with this idea.
Sabine Dittmar, the health policy spokeswoman for the SPD parliamentary group, told Die Welt that it would make sense if citizens could also be vaccinated in pedestrian zones, housing estates and at events.
The Prime Minister of Saarland, Tobias Hans, even thinks one step further.
Coronavirus Delta variant: create incentives for vaccination?
Hans spoke out to the
newspapers of the Funke media group in
favor of creating additional incentives.
His idea: "You could think of a raffle," for example, a bike or another nice prize could be given out.
In addition, Hans also said that mobile vaccination teams and special campaigns are particularly necessary in socially disadvantaged areas.
The vaccination centers are now partially following the path and offer unusual vaccination campaigns.
In Heilbronn, for example, the so-called "vaccination bridge" is supposed to bring people to the vaccination appointment faster *, in Rot am See in the Schwäbisch Hall district, the vaccines from AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson are to be vaccinated without an appointment in special campaigns this coming weekend (July 10th and 11th) * become.
Corona - vaccination campaign stalls: This is what makes the Delta variant so dangerous
The number of new vaccinations has fallen dramatically in the last two weeks - while until recently more than a million doses were vaccinated per day, the RKI reports for Tuesday, July 6th, just under 700,000 used vaccine doses.
As already indicated, this is particularly problematic with regard to the delta variant of the coronavirus.
Vaccination status Germany (July 6th) |
|
People with at least one vaccination |
57.1% |
Vaccination doses administered |
78.7 million |
Daily vaccinations |
+699,546 |
Mainly because the extremely contagious "double mutant" is spreading incredibly quickly.
Not only does it make up almost 60 percent of the samples examined, many cases could also go completely undetected.
Because the delta variant of the corona virus manifests itself in different symptoms than the previous virus.
Signals of a Covid 19 disease, which are typically accepted, almost no longer occur in the Delta mutant.
This often makes it difficult to differentiate Corona from a normal cold or summer flu *.
Delta variant dominates for the first time: tighten or repeal measures?
That is why the President of the German Society for Immunology, Christine Falk, urgently recommends wearing a mask.
In addition, according to Falk, other corona rules, ranging from distance to hygiene measures and testing, must urgently be maintained.
Because for the delta variant of the coronavirus it is "easy to jump from one person to the next."
But opinions differ here, because even if, according to experts, the previous vaccines against the coronavirus in Germany do not protect 100 percent against the delta variant, for many experts they should be the means to combat the pandemic.
Saarland state chief Hans has therefore even made a first push towards further easing.
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With falling incidences, the mask requirement is falling in many places.
But not all experts are convinced of this.
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You can only maintain the protective measures as long as they serve to prevent excessive demands on the health system, he told the
Funke newspapers
.
If "the occupancy figures in the hospitals remain at a low level, we must gradually reduce our corona measures," he demanded.
He is convinced that anything else would not be constitutionally tenable.
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