The flood disaster still causes bewilderment, but now the next problem could already be at the door, authorities warn.
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The flood disaster hit Germany hard, and people are still considered missing.
Authorities are already warning of the next big problem.
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Düsseldorf - The flood disaster hit Germany largely unprepared, even days after the great flood in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, the enormous extent of the destruction is visible.
The floods caused many deaths, injuries and still missing, but now the next catastrophe could already loom.
Flood disaster in Germany: authorities warn of the next big problem
After the flood disaster, the affected countries see a risk of increased corona risks, for example through relief operations
or accommodation in emergency shelters.
“At the moment, a lot of people are coming together in a very small space to overcome the crisis together.
We now have to be careful that dealing with the disaster does not turn into a superspreader event, ”said David Freichel from the Corona communications
staff of
the State Chancellery in Rhineland-Palatinate to the
editorial network Germany
.
The State Ministry of Health is preparing a special vaccination campaign in the disaster areas in consultation with the authorities of the affected districts.
Many rescue workers already have full vaccination protection.
Flood disaster in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate - special vaccination campaigns planned
"An increased risk of the spread of SARS-CoV-2 could develop primarily through the accommodation of people in emergency shelters," the RND quoted the Düsseldorf Ministry of Health as saying.
The local health authorities are aware of the additional risk.
They can be reduced through tests, masks and ventilation.
While people in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate are left with nothing in many places, the corona pandemic is spreading faster again in Germany.
The number of infections has been rising continuously for 14 days, and the particularly contagious Delta variant is still on the rise.
