Experts fear an increase in the corona numbers in autumn.
Health Minister Jens Spahn, RKI President Lothar Wieler and Thomas Merstens, Head of Stiko, speak at a press conference.
Berlin - In Germany, experts fear an increase in corona * and flu infections in autumn and winter.
Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn * (CDU) and the President of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Lothar Wieler, give a press conference on Wednesday morning (October 6th, 2021) at around 10 a.m.
The focus should be on vaccination.
In its most recent weekly report, the RKI had forecast an increase in the number of corona cases *.
The large number of unvaccinated people and the contacts indoors in autumn are reasons for the danger, according to the RKI.
Doctors also fear a flu wave.
There is currently an increase in respiratory infections in children and adolescents.
Now infections are being caught up that did not occur due to the partial lockdown last winter and spring, the experts report.
Corona in Germany: Press conference with Spahn, Wieler and Mertens
Thomas Mertens, head of the Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko) will also be present at the Jens Spahn and Lothar Wieler press conference.
In September, the Stiko issued a recommendation that vaccinations against the coronavirus and against flu could be given at the same appointment.
The experts recommend an appointment from October.
SPD * health expert Karl Lauterbach * warned against a further relaxation of the mask requirement on Wednesday (October 6th, 2021).
"We have to make sure that we do not get a large, combined wave of infections through a Freedom Day or a premature end of the mask requirement," he told the Augsburger Allgemeine.
The hospitals and intensive care units could become overloaded if corona, influenza and common colds occur en masse, according to Lauterbach.
Corona in Germany: CDU politician calls for "exit path" from measures
On the other hand, the president of the district assembly, Reinhard Sager (CDU *), called for gradual relaxation of the corona measures: "The federal government and the states should agree on an exit path that will lead us out of the pandemic-related restrictions." It must be openly discussed, otherwise dissatisfaction with the political decisions on Corona continue to ", Sager told the newspapers of the Funke media group. “We are optimistic that we will slowly but surely grow out of the pandemic. Politicians should also send out this signal, ”said the CDU politician. To do this, however, it is necessary to increase the vaccination rate. "Should there be large vaccination gaps in certain professional groups such as educators, teachers and nurses, a vaccination requirement for these activities must be considered," he said.
In Germany, 64.7 percent of people were fully vaccinated against the coronavirus on Tuesday (October 5th, 2021).
The Federal Ministry of Health announced.
More than 53.8 million people would have received the necessary doses.
68.2 percent received at least one vaccination.
(Max Schäfer with dpa)
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