The corona incidence in Germany continues to decline.
Spahn expects a return to normal in spring 2022.
The news ticker.
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported 10,454 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday.
Spahn expects the pandemic to end in spring.
This news ticker on the subject of Corona * in Germany is updated regularly.
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- In Germany, 10,454 new corona infections (previous week: 12,455) and 71 further deaths (previous week: 83 deaths) were reported in Germany.
This comes from the data on the Covid-19 dashboard of the Robert Koch Institute * (RKI) on Wednesday morning.
The incidence is currently 65.0.
The previous day the value was 68.5, a week ago it was 77.9.
The number of corona patients admitted to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days was given by the RKI on Tuesday at 1.63.
A weekly or monthly comparison is not possible due to the high number of late registrations.
Corona in Germany: The RKI case numbers from September 22, 2021
Since the beginning of the corona pandemic, 4,160,970 people in Germany have been shown to have been infected with Sars-CoV-2. |
93,123 people have died of or with Corona so far. |
According to the RKI, 3,921,500 have recovered. |
Coronavirus in Germany - Spahn expects the pandemic to end in spring
Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn expects herd immunity to the corona virus next spring.
"If no new virus variant emerges against which a vaccination does not protect, which is very unlikely, then we will have overcome the pandemic in the spring and can return to normal," said the CDU politician of the
Augsburger Allgemeine
.
“Herd immunity is always achieved.
The only question is how: whether through vaccination or infection.
The vaccination is definitely the safer way to get there, ”said Spahn.
"Those who do not get vaccinated have a high probability of falling ill," said the minister and warned against underestimating the risk of infection in view of the currently falling number of infections.
“Last year we had such a breather at this time of the year.
So we're not through yet.
In autumn and winter, when we are all indoors a lot more and the immune system is less strong, the risk of getting infected also increases. ”Spahn attributed the current decline in the number of infections mainly to the end of the holiday season and the more stringent test rules.
Herd immunity: that's what the top virologists say
Since the beginning of the corona pandemic, the term herd immunity has been discussed again and again.
The community's vaccination protection (herd protection or herd immunity) would then also protect people from infection who cannot be vaccinated - including babies, for example.
The RKI emphasized in a strategy paper at the end of July: "The idea of achieving herd immunity in the sense of eliminating or even eradicating the virus" - largely pushing back or eradicating the coronavirus - is not realistic.
Broad basic immunity would probably not yet be achieved in autumn and winter.
The aim of the vaccinations is therefore "to achieve a broad level of basic immunity in the population," says the paper.
This mediates extensive individual "protection against (serious) illnesses" and also reduces the virus circulation.
Virologist Christian Drosten recently caused a stir with a statement from the Corona NDR podcast "Coronavirus Update" on the subject of vaccination protection and immunity.
According to Drosten, however, many people would misunderstand the term herd immunity.
"We will not have herd immunity," said Hendrick Streeck on ntv. Because the vaccine just wouldn't protect against infection well enough. Nevertheless, it is particularly important to get vaccinated. A vaccination against the coronavirus protects against a severe course of an infection.
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