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Omicron wave has reached Bavaria: Munich's chief physician is already pleading for a fourth vaccination

2022-01-17T11:19:02.463Z


Omicron wave has reached Bavaria: Munich's chief physician is already pleading for a fourth vaccination Created: 01/17/2022, 12:12 p.m By: Katarina Amtmann, Katharina Haase The incidence in Bavaria has risen again. Munich is now the number 1 corona hotspot in Bavaria. All developments in the news ticker. A Munich expert is already calling for preparation for a fourth corona vaccination (update


Omicron wave has reached Bavaria: Munich's chief physician is already pleading for a fourth vaccination

Created: 01/17/2022, 12:12 p.m

By: Katarina Amtmann, Katharina Haase

The incidence in Bavaria has risen again.

Munich is now the number 1 corona hotspot in Bavaria.

All developments in the news ticker.

  • A Munich expert is already calling for preparation for a fourth corona vaccination

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  • The corona incidence continues to rise, Munich is Bavaria's hotspot (see update from January 16, 7:17 a.m.).

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Update from January 16, 7:45 p.m .:

Since December 30, with the Omicron variant declared for the fifth wave, the number of infections has been increasing rapidly again. According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), omicron is now also the dominant virus variant in Bavaria. The chief physician for infectiology at the Munich Clinic Schwabing, Wendtner, told the

German Press Agency

: "For me, a fourth vaccination four to six months after the third vaccination would be an adequate measure." However, he also pointed out that due to a lack of data there is still no recommendation from the Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko) for a fourth vaccination. It is often said that one wants to wait for the adapted Omikron vaccine. "But I'm afraid that will take too long," said Wendtner. New vaccines are not to be expected before April - but the omicron wave is now rolling in. "You have to prepare a four-vaccination campaign now, also based on the availability of the currently approved vaccines. We can't just think about it when it's March or April."

Update from January 16, 12:52 p.m .:

The health authorities in Bavaria registered more than 10,000 new corona infections on Saturday and Sunday.

The incidence in Bavaria is now 527.4 after 500.8 on Saturday.

This means that around 527 people per 100,000 inhabitants have been infected with Corona in the past seven days.

The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced this on its dashboard on Sunday (as of 3:22 a.m.).

The number of corona-related deaths in Bavaria since the beginning of the pandemic rose by 4 to 20,170.

Corona in Bavaria: Munich is a hotspot - lowest incidence in the district of Neumarkt (Upper Palatinate)

Hotspots in Bavaria are Munich (829.4), followed by Ingolstadt (820.7) and the district of Lindau (796.7).

The lowest incidences are in the districts of Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz (159.7) and Coburg (173.3).

The number of corona patients in the intensive care units continued to fall.

The Divi intensive care register reported 408 corona patients in intensive care units in the Free State on Sunday (as of 9:05 a.m.), 19 fewer than on Saturday.

246 of them had to be ventilated invasively.

Bavaria's number 1 corona hotspot: Munich incidence is skyrocketing

Update from January 16, 7:17 a.m .:

The incidence in Bavaria is 527.4 on Sunday.

The day before, the value had cracked the 500 mark and was 500.8.

The state capital Munich is Bavaria's number 1 corona hotspot.

These are Bavaria's corona hotspots

  • City of Munich: 829.4 (previous day: 761.9)

  • City of Ingolstadt: 820.7

  • District of Lindau: 796.7

  • Ebersberg district: 756.5

  • Ostallgäu district: 752.6

  • Dachau district: 712.4

  • City of Rosenheim: 709.2

  • District of Miesbach: 706.7

  • City of Schweinfurt: 701.4

Numerous other districts have incidences of more than 500, including Weilheim-Schongau, Starnberg, Erding and Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen.

Corona in Bavaria: Holetschek clarifies the new rule

Update from January 15, 3:33 p.m .:

As of today, new quarantine rules apply in Bavaria for certain contact persons of corona infected people.

"Even as contact persons for omicron cases, people who have just been vaccinated (three months), those who have just recovered (three months) and those who have been boosted (unlimited) no longer have to be in quarantine," explained Health Minister Klaus Holetschek (CSU) on Saturday in Munich.

"This means that there are no longer any different regulations for the different virus variants."

Corona in Bavaria: New quarantine rules

Previously, contact persons of a person infected with the omicron variant were quarantined for 14 days without the chance to test free. On Friday, the Federal Council cleared the way for an ordinance that regulates fundamental exceptions to quarantine. Otherwise, the following has applied since last Tuesday: the duration of isolation for infected people and the duration of quarantine for close contacts is usually ten days. A free test with a negative PCR or rapid antigen test is possible after just seven days – although you must be symptom-free for at least 48 hours after an infection.

For employees in clinics and retirement homes, for example, a PCR test is mandatory to end quarantine and isolation, or negative rapid tests must be presented daily for five days.

Pupils as well as daycare and kindergarten children who have to be in quarantine as contact persons can in future be tested after just five days, using a rapid PCR or antigen test.

Corona in Bavaria: Munich statisticians present data on excess mortality

Update from January 15, 2:40 p.m .:

During the fourth corona wave, thousands more people died in Bavaria than usual.

At the end of November and the beginning of December, there were sometimes over 1,000 deaths per week more than the average (median) of the four years before, according to figures from the Federal Statistical Office.

From October, these numbers show a significant increase in deaths per week.

For the period from early November to mid-December, the authority consistently reported deaths that were several hundred higher than the values ​​from the four previous years.

The highest difference was in calendar week 48 with a total of 3699 deaths – 1094 more than the median value.

Corona in Bavaria: Significant excess mortality during the delta wave

According to preliminary figures, a total of 32,041 people died in Bavaria in calendar weeks 40 to 49 – i.e. from October 4 to December 12, 2021. That's a good 6,500 more than the median values ​​for these weeks from previous years. The statistics see a direct connection with Corona in 3269 deaths. Nationwide, the Federal Statistical Office also shows significantly more deaths than the average of previous years. Here the difference is even in the tens of thousands.

Scientists from the Covid-19 data analysis group CODAG at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich have also calculated a significant excess mortality in the delta wave for Bavaria. In a report published on Friday, they come up with weekly excess mortality of up to 30 percent during this period, about half of which, according to the researchers, can be explained by deaths with Covid-19.

The Federal Statistical Office gives the median of the corresponding calendar weeks from 2017 to 2020 as a comparative value for the current number of deaths.

The median is formed from a set of numbers, half of which are higher and the other half lower.

This mean is less sensitive to distortions caused by individual extreme values ​​than the average that is otherwise often used.

For example, given the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 1000, the median would be 5, but the average would be around 115.1.

Fourth corona vaccination: Munich expert does not want to wait for the Omicron vaccine

Update from January 15, 12 p.m.:

The Munich corona expert Clemens Wendtner has called for rapid preparation for the fourth corona vaccination in view of the current development. "For me, a fourth vaccination four to six months after the third vaccination would be an adequate measure," said the chief physician of infectiology at the Munich Clinic Schwabing of the German Press Agency. At the same time, however, he pointed out that due to a lack of data there is still no recommendation from the Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko) for the fourth vaccination.

It was often said that one wanted to wait for the adapted Omikron vaccine.

"But I'm afraid that will take too long," says Wendtner.

New corona vaccines are not to be expected before April - but the Omicron wave is now rolling in.

"You have to prepare a four-vaccination campaign now, also based on the availability of the currently approved vaccines.

We shouldn't think about it until it's March or April," the expert explained.

Expert Clemens Wendtner already wants to prepare a fourth corona vaccination in view of the omicron wave.

(Archive image) © Peter Kneffel/dpa

For people who received a booster vaccination in late summer, the fourth vaccination is already an issue.

This applies to healthcare workers as well as to people who are particularly at risk, for example in retirement homes.

Sebastian Ulbert, vaccine researcher from the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology, wants to distinguish between "immune-healthy" and "immune-weak" people when it comes to the question of a fourth vaccination.

For him, a fourth vaccination is not initially an option for everyone, but primarily for older people and risk groups, as in Israel.

Corona in Bavaria: Incidence skips the next mark

Update from January 15, 8.45 a.m .:

At the start of the weekend, Bavaria cracked the seven-day incidence of 500.

This emerges from the RKI figures from Saturday morning.

Accordingly, the incidence for the Free State is 500.8.

The day before it was still 473.1.

Nationwide, the value has risen to a new high and is now at 497.1.

According to the RKI, 10,351 new corona cases were reported across Bavaria on Saturday.

More and more cities and counties in the Free State are reporting an incidence of over 500 and are thus crossing the “pink alert” threshold.

According to the RKI, the highest incidence in Bavaria is currently in the Swabian district of Lindau with 810.1.

Close behind are the cities of Ingolstadt with 774.0 and Munich with 761.9.

The district of Coburg had the lowest value in Bavaria on Saturday with 171.0.

Corona in Bavaria: new quarantine rules from Saturday

Update from January 14, 8:01 p.m

.: At the end of the week, there was a storm in the district offices of Bavaria. The reason: the new corona quarantine rules that will apply from Saturday, January 15th. We try to get some order out of the confusion and explain who still has to be quarantined or isolated and to whom the various exceptions apply.

First report, Munich, January 14, 7:14 a.m.:

- The seven-day incidence* in Germany reached a new high on Friday and is now 470.6.

The numbers have also risen again in the Free State.

In Bavaria, the incidence jumped from 420.2 on Thursday to 473.1 on Friday, according to figures from the Robert Koch Institute from 3.20 a.m.

For the first time in several weeks, Bavaria has overtaken the overall incidence in the Federal Republic, after the numbers had previously declined significantly.

More and more cities and counties are now crossing the “pink alert” threshold again, reporting an incidence of over 500.

Corona in Bavaria Incidence increases sharply - Munich among frontrunners

The district of Erding in Upper Bavaria reported the highest incidence * in Bavaria on Friday with 753.8, closely followed by the Swabian district of Lindau with 748. The state capital Munich * follows in third place.

The incidence there on Friday was 718.2.

The district of Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz reports the lowest incidence in Bavaria with 112.4.

It is also the lowest incidence value in Germany.

At the same time, the number of intensive care patients infected with Covid-19 in Bavaria is falling.

Their number was 457 on Thursday and thus 31 lower than on Wednesday.

Corona situation in the Free State: Operations still need to be postponed

Nevertheless, due to the increasing number of corona infections, dozens of hospitals in Bavaria have to suspend treatments that can be postponed from a medical point of view.

Corresponding instructions apply in six of the seven Bavarian administrative districts.

This should ensure the inpatient care of emergencies and Covid 19 patients, it said.

Medically urgent interventions such as heart or tumor operations are still possible.

(By the way: Our Bayern newsletter informs you about all the important stories from Bavaria. Register here.)

Corona rules in Bavaria: the state government remains on a defensive course

At a press conference on Tuesday, the Bavarian state government announced that the corona regulations in the fight against the omicron wave would be less strict than decided at the federal-state conference.

In gastronomy, for example, the 2G rule still applies instead of 2G Plus.

Health Minister Klaus Holetschek also announced on Thursday that he intended to suspend the hotspot regulation for the time being, according to which a regional lockdown is planned from an incidence of 1000.

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Source: merkur

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