Corona hotspots in Bavaria: Virologist from Munich has a possible explanation for the sharp increase

Bavaria's incidences are skyrocketing.

A lively infection process can be observed in Upper Bavaria in particular.

A Munich virologist sees the reason at the border.

Munich - The increase in new Corona * infections in Bavaria is simply not easing.

Children and young people in particular are becoming more and more infected with the virus.

The incidence * has been rising for weeks, especially in the Upper Bavarian districts.

Five Bavarian districts currently top the RKI hotspot list.

Mühldorf am Inn is at the forefront with an incidence of 522.8.

This is alarmingly high compared to the national average (110.1).

The next places are Traunstein (489.1), Berchtesgadener Land (480.6), Straubing-Bogen (457.0) and Miesbach (434.2).

All districts in southeast Bavaria.

When asked why the incidences are so high there, virologist Ulrike Protzer from the Technical University of Munich has an explanation.

Corona hotspots in Bavaria: Virologist Protzer sees cross-border commuters and tourists as the cause

According to the Munich virologist Protzer, cross-border commuters and tourists could have to do with the high numbers of infections.

Through it there are "broadcasts from neighboring countries, in which there is a higher incidence than here," the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation

quotes

the expert.

Vacationers and weekend tourists could also be a cause of the infection in the affected circles.

Many of the Bavarian districts with particularly high incidences are located directly on the border with Austria.

According to

incidence in the neighboring country is

currently 268.9.

Rosenheim has been corona hotspots for weeks: the health department sees the reason for the vaccination rate

With its high incidence (currently at 338.5), the city of Rosenheim * is also one of the Bavarian corona problem children. There are currently only 57 percent of people vaccinated - nationwide, the rate is 66.2 percent. The head of the Rosenheim health department, Wolfgang Hierl, sees the below-average vaccination rate as one of the reasons for the high number of infections. As the

reports, Hierl believes that many people in the Rosenheim area overestimate the risks of vaccination and underestimate the risks of the disease.

According to Hierl, the belief in naturopathy and alternative medicine is also a reason, reports the

.

It could go "in the eye" if this attitude prevents people from vaccinating.

Hierl warns against ending the epidemic situation in Germany now: "Of course, it also suggests: The pandemic has been overcome - and especially with regard to our region, this is not the case at all."

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Despite the high incidences: hospital traffic lights in Bavaria remain green

In Bavaria, decisions about any corona restrictions are no longer solely dependent on the incidence.

The so-called hospital traffic light is much more important.

It shows the occupancy rate of the Bavarian hospitals.

It is currently in the green area.

In some Upper Bavarian hospitals, the intensive care units are already fully occupied.

Some doctors therefore sharply criticize the Bavarian government's traffic light system *.