The incidence is rising by leaps and bounds - Streeck is promoting a new way of dealing with corona

Created: 01/10/2022 07:51 AM

From: Franziska Schwarz

Hendrik Streeck (archive image) would like a new corona pragmatism.

© Malte Ossowski / Sven Simon / Imago

The 7-day incidence in Germany is again as high as it was before Christmas.

The virologist Streeck advocates getting out of the "permanent alarm state".

The news ticker.

• The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) * reported a significantly increased incidence at the beginning of the week.

• Health Minister Lauterbach (SPD *) considers further measures to be necessary because of Omikron.

• This news ticker on Corona * in Germany * is continuously updated.

Berlin - The incidence jump is big: The RKI reported a nationwide 7-day incidence of 375.5 on Monday morning.

A week ago it was 232.4.

The value is again as high as it was last before Christmas.

Furthermore, 52 new deaths from or with Corona were counted within one day.

The new infections during the period amounted to 25,255.

Meanwhile, the Bonn virologist Hendrik Streeck campaigned for a “pragmatic approach” to the pandemic, “in order to learn to live with the virus”.

"On the other hand, the permanent alarm condition is tiring and unsuccessful," he told the

newspaper on Monday.

However, Streeck warned that the exposure in the hospitals "should continue to be carefully monitored and, if necessary, respond with measures".

This also includes “validly recording the hospitalization incidence”.

The hospitalization incidence indicates how many people per 100,000 inhabitants are in hospital within a week because of a corona infection.

According to the latest RKI report (Friday), it is 3.15 nationwide.

It is considered to be the decisive benchmark for tightening corona measures.

Lauterbach to Omikron in Germany: Further measures necessary

Health Minister Karl Lauterbach, however, expects that further measures will be necessary in the fight against the Omikron variant.

The SPD politician described the “2G-plus” in gastronomy and the new quarantine rules as successes on Sunday evening in the ARD program “Report from Berlin”.

"I do think that will help us."

He added, however, that that would not be enough to defeat Omikron.

“I think the number of cases will increase.

Therefore, further action will be necessary in due course.

But that is now a very important step forward. "

The federal and state governments agreed on a 2G-plus regulation for restaurants, cafés and pubs on Friday: access only for those who have been vaccinated / recovered with a negative test and people with a booster vaccination.