Baden-Württemberg is working on a relaxation plan

Created: 02/06/2022, 12:17 p.m

A symbol on a ward of a clinic indicates the Covid area.

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According to information from the German Press Agency, the state of Baden-Württemberg is working on a relaxation plan for the period after the peak of the omicron wave - this should be reached in mid-February.

The dpa learned from government circles in Stuttgart that there should be a hearing by the Ministry of Social Affairs with clinic representatives and scientists on February 18th.

Stuttgart – At the meeting shortly after the Prime Minister’s Conference, it should be clarified above all whether there are still enough beds in the normal wards of the hospitals in the south-west to be able to take in further Covid 19 patients in case of doubt.

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If the capacities are sufficient or can be expanded, which is assumed, the measures should be relaxed further towards the end of February, it said.

Then the existing system of stages is to be adapted more closely to the omicron virus variant.

According to reports, the impression that Omicron is more contagious than Delta, but significantly fewer people become seriously ill and have to go to the intensive care unit, is becoming more and more substantiated.

The number of Covid patients who are in the normal ward is increasing.

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