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Miserable corona situation: Saxony imposes a quasi-lockdown for unvaccinated people - "We are facing a tsunami wave"

2021-11-03T05:08:22.145Z


Saxony is now tightening the corona rules for unvaccinated people. Saxony's Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) is in corona quarantine. Experts warn of a “tsunami wave”.


Saxony is now tightening the corona rules for unvaccinated people.

Saxony's Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) is in corona quarantine.

Experts warn of a “tsunami wave”.

Update from November 2, 2:16 p.m

.: Saxony imposes a quasi-lockdown for unvaccinated people.

The Free State decides on a nationwide 2G concept.

In future, only those who have been vaccinated and recovered should be allowed to visit the interior of restaurants and concerts or leisure facilities.

The G2 rule also applies to clubs and bars.

Something is also changing for football fans in the stadium.

The 2G rule should apply to major events such as soccer games.

The new Corona Protection Ordinance is to come into force on November 8, reports the MDR.

Wearing an FFP2 mask should therefore be mandatory again in local public transport.

The cabinet informed about this at a press conference on Tuesday.

On Friday, the cabinet wants to decide on the new Corona regulation after a shortened hearing phase.

The suspicion of corona in Saxony's Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer has not yet been cleared

(see first report below)

, but Saxony's Minister of Culture Christian Piwarz (CDU) has been infected with the corona virus.

After the appearance of cold symptoms, both a rapid test and a subsequent PCR test confirmed this, the Ministry of Education announced on Tuesday.

Piwarz (46), who was fully vaccinated, has been in quarantine at home since Monday.

It was said that he performed his official duties from home as much as possible.

External appointments would be canceled for the duration of the quarantine. 

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Saxony tightened corona rules for unvaccinated people.

The Free State introduces the 2G rule (photo).

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Miserable corona situation in Saxony: "We are facing a tsunami wave"

First report from November 2, 2021

Leipzig - Saxony is now one of the corona hotspots in Germany again.

The incidence is still below the 300 mark this Tuesday - at 284.4.

Only Thuringia currently has a higher value (306.5).

The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) specifies the number of new corona infections as 816.

In addition, ten more deaths have been recorded within the past 24 hours.

The intensive care beds in the hospitals are filling up.

It seems only a matter of time before the Free State will be completely in crisis mode again.

Corona in Saxony: Kretschmer agrees the population on Corona measures

“The pandemic situation is not over.

On the contrary: The number of infections is increasing dramatically, the hospitals are sounding the alarm, ”tweeted Saxony's Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU).

And further: “We have to take further measures quickly.

The goal: Avoid overloading the health system, keep schools and daycare centers open. "

Saxony's Prime Minister in Corona quarantine

Saxony's Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) is in quarantine at home after a positive corona test in his family, reports the dpa news agency.

His wife had tested positive and also had mild symptoms, said Kretschmer on Monday afternoon at an online conference with doctors.

That is not the case with himself.

If it stays that way and another PCR test on Friday remains negative, he will be present in public again.

The

Saxon newspaper

reported first.

The head of government canceled public appearances until further notice.

He was now working from home, it was said.

Kretschmer is double vaccinated with Astrazeneca's vaccine.

Miserable vaccination rate in Saxony

Experts are alarmed by the corona situation in Saxony.

On the one hand, the corona vaccination rate is the lowest in Germany.

Only 56.8 percent of the population are fully vaccinated, 59 percent have received at least one vaccine dose.

That comes from the data of the vaccination dashboard of the Federal Ministry of Health on Tuesday.

For comparison: In Hamburg, 81.1 percent of the population are already fully vaccinated.

There are still differences in the infection rate in Saxony.

But the situation in the intensive care units in the hospitals is heading towards overload.

Corona in Saxony: "We are facing a tsunami wave"

"We are facing a tsunami wave," said Christoph Josten, Medical Director of the Leipzig University Hospital in

focus.de

.

The university hospitals in Dresden and Leipzig are therefore number 5 and 6 across Germany when it comes to exposure to Covid patients.

His house is already in the process of reducing benefits by at least 30 percent.

“That means: Vaccinated persons compete for treatment places with non-vaccinated persons.” That is an ethical question that arises when one reaches the end of the resources. 

In the third wave, Christoph Josten from the Leipzig University Hospital described a desperate situation in the intensive care units.

"We are at the limit," said Josten at the time in April 2021. At that time, according to the data from the DIVI intensive care register, around 400 corona patients were in the intensive care units of the hospitals.

And that was after the second wave in December 2020. Now the next Corona winter 2021 is coming up.

As of today, 198 Covid patients have to be treated in an intensive care unit in Saxony.

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Source: merkur

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