Health Minister Spahn and RKi President Wieler give an outlook on the corona situation in autumn in a press conference on Wednesday.
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The 7-day incidence of the coronavirus * in Germany has decreased slightly compared to the previous day.
Health Minister Spahn and RKI President Wieler give an outlook on autumn and winter in a press conference on Wednesday.
Karl Lauterbach (SPD) warns against hasty easing in this context.
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Berlin - Is the Federal Republic threatened by a tense infection situation again this year in autumn and winter - or will the progress in the German vaccination campaign * allow further easing?
Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU), RKI boss Lothar Wieler, and the head of the permanent vaccination commission, Thomas Mertens, want to give answers to these questions at the federal press conference on Wednesday morning (10:00 a.m.).
Corona in Germany: Spahn and Wieler give an outlook - fear of a strong flu wave
In addition to the still central topic of corona vaccination, an impending flu wave will also be the focus of the press conference in the coming months. Doctors fear that infections will now be caught up that did not occur in the previous flu season due to the lockdown and distance rules. A strong flu wave would put a heavy strain on the health systems - in addition to the coronavirus.
Even if the 7-day incidence reported by the RKI fell slightly to 62.3 on Wednesday compared to the previous day, many experts warn against excessive relaxation of the measures that are still in place.
One of them is SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach.
"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," explains the health economist in an interview with the
Augsburger Allgemeine
.
Lauterbach warns of Freedom Day - this can lead to "overloading of hospitals"
Lauterbach also sees a danger in the fact that if the measures are completely discontinued in winter, the health systems could reach their limits.
“If corona, influenza and common colds occur en masse, it could overload hospitals and intensive care units.
It is important to prevent that, ”said the 58-year-old.
The number of vaccinations in Germany is meanwhile still at a comparatively low level *.
As of Wednesday, 68.2 percent of the population received at least one vaccination against the coronavirus.
64.7 percent are considered fully vaccinated.
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