"Children are not considered a vulnerable group": Mega incidence in daycare centers - but no quarantine

The corona virus is spreading rapidly in daycare centers in Saxony.

According to a report, the children in the Leipzig district are no longer even sent to quarantine.

Dresden - The situation is obviously out of control.

In the fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Saxony is sinking into chaos in terms of health policy.

On Monday (November 22nd) the eastern state prepared for triage in its clinics.

"We have to triage, and I will discuss that again with my colleagues in the clinics this week," said State Medical Association President Erik Bodendieck to the broadcaster NDR.

Coronavirus in Saxony: Partial lockdown in Corona hotspot started

On the very same day, the corona hotspot with its slightly more than four million inhabitants began a partial lockdown due to very high numbers of coronavirus infections. Public life was partially shut down. Means: Bars, clubs, Christmas markets and other leisure facilities had to close, the gastronomy may only open until 8 p.m. under the application of the 2G rule (vaccinated or recovered). At the start of the new week, the 7-day incidence was 960.7.

One thing remains open without restriction: the daycare centers. And that although a high rate of infection has evidently spread in these.

a report,

refers to the daycare centers in the Leipzig district (around 260,000 inhabitants) as an example. Accordingly, the district announced that - as of 20./21. November - 20 daycare centers were affected by corona infections. If you now think back to the first phase of the corona pandemic, in which every single corona outbreak caused a lot of excitement in a daycare center, that is quite remarkable. Mind you in one district. The high number of infections among small children, who of course are only growing up and play a lot and inexperienced with each other, had long been indicated. Like so much before the fourth wave of the pandemic.

Corona infections in children: high risk of infection, but almost always mild

An example: As early as the end of October, the news magazine

reported

that there were many infections, especially among children who were not able to be vaccinated.

As evidence, a graphic was shown which, as of October 29, “showed incidences by age group in districts and cities”.

In the district of Leipzig, the incidences were distributed as follows:

Source: Github / semohr;

RKI;

Destatis, shown on stern.de, as of October 29, 2021

In other urban or rural districts, the infections among children could be traced even more clearly. For example in Flensburg, where at the same time the incidence was 136 among 0 to 4-year-olds, 251 among 5 to 14-year-olds, but only 54 among 35 to 59-year-olds - and among 60 to 79-year-olds Year-olds even temporarily only 0. In Bavaria, the incidence of children in mid-November was

already over 1,000

, according to

. At this point in time, it was the highest value that the Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety (LGL) had determined since the beginning of the pandemic. However, this was due to the comparatively large number of tests.

And: According to a letter from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), which was published on August 19, 2021, “daycare and elementary school children fall ill less frequently and severely than adults” with Covid-19. This coincided with later observations from the southwest of the republic: According to SWRdata, between October 26 and November 22, children in Baden-Württemberg made 3.1 percent of all hospitalizations and in Rhineland-Palatinate 4.1 percent of all corona patients Hospital off. The risk that still exists was described by the Munich infectiologist Christoph Spinner in the BR podcast “Corona News” at the end of October: “But you mustn't forget that children often live in the same household with their parents and grandparents and have mutual social contacts, what increases the pressure of infection on the adult population. "

Children in the corona pandemic: daycare centers in Saxony remain open despite many coronavirus infections

Back to Saxony: The Saxon Ministry of Social Affairs is quoted in this situation - 20 daycare centers with corona infections only in the Leipzig district - with the words: "Children and young people are not considered vulnerable groups and rarely get seriously ill with Covid-19." Therefore, there is none need coverage to include day care centers and schools, it said: "the aim is the secretion as few children and young people to regular operations largely maintain and minimize the psychosocial impact."

describes in his report examples from kindergarten "Waldknuffel “In Markranstädt southwest of Leipzig.

There, five teachers were infected with the insidious corona virus within a week.

This corresponds to an extrapolated incidence of 17,000.

Apparently the chaos is great.

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The day-care center management informed the parents in a letter that the health department could hardly be reached.

At the same time, several children were only infected in the "Waldknuffel" facility, continues

.

When the health department of the district of Leipzig was finally available, they said: "Due to the high number of infections, no children and educators are currently being quarantined and no quarantine notices are being issued."

Meanwhile, Corona is apparently not only spreading rapidly among the children in the Free State in general, but especially in daycare centers.

As a result, there is obviously no longer any quarantine for the smallest citizens in Saxony.