Corona bang feared: Expert warns of distraction from the Ukraine war
Created: 03/11/2022, 05:40
By: Dennis Liedschulte
The Ukraine war is currently causing a shift in attention.
people become careless.
Will there be another corona bang for this reason?
Munich – On March 20, 2022, Germany can look forward to far-reaching easing of the corona pandemic.
Although this step cannot be compared with a Freedom Day, the decision-makers in politics explained that they are going a little further towards freedom in the spring.
All “more profound” corona measures should then be lifted.
Corona in the shadow of the Ukraine war: the Germans are no longer paying attention
That is exactly what is very dangerous, says virologist Martin Stürmer to
Focus
.
Because one thing is clear: the corona pandemic and the associated danger are by no means over.
But the fact is that the Ukraine war has currently pushed Corona out of the minds of many people.
The number of corona infections in Germany is currently increasing again.
On Thursday (March 10) 262,752 new infections were reported.
Just under a week ago it was 210,673.
So the number of new infections is increasing – as is the incidence, which is 1319.0 (seven days ago: 1174.1).
People's attention is currently on the Ukraine war - that could give Corona a boost, an expert suspects.
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The numbers alone prove that the virus is still there.
And this despite the fact that Germany is dealing with an attention deficit when it comes to the pandemic.
From the point of view of Martin Stümer, these are self-created conditions.
Due to the rather mild course of the disease at Omikron, people in Germany got carried away with ideas for easing (more news from the world department at Merkur.de).
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The problem, however, was that the number of cases remained at a high level and Omikron remained very contagious.
Politicians would have ignored this.
In the meantime, there is even a fear that people can become infected with omicron several times.
The bottom line is that the virologist striker is of the opinion that the easing generally came too early.
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The virologist sees the following dangers in the relaxations that have been introduced so far and are planned from March 20th.
As Striker emphasizes to the
Focus
, it is definitely too early to forget Corona.
It is true that the somewhat warmer season is coming.
But of course there is always the scenario that the health system is overloaded.
Because it is not certain that the virus will not mutate again into a more dangerous variant.
If the following variant of Omikron stays mild, it would be good.
But there is no guarantee, so striker.
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Nevertheless, the expert also exudes hope.
Because you are on the home stretch.
That's why you shouldn't allow yourself to make another mistake now.
Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) and the rest of the traffic light government have eased restrictions for March 20th.
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There will be further easing on March 20th.
The traffic light government around Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD) only wants to stick to the following regulations:
Masks are compulsory in retirement homes, hospitals and in local public transport - but not in long-distance transport.
Compulsory testing in retirement homes and hospitals, as well as schools, prisons and other group accommodation.
Corona loosening on March 20th: Masks and tests will remain compulsory in some places
It will also be possible to set tougher rules for regional hotspots, as reported by the
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that refers to the draft resolution.
In the future, regional hotspots would be areas where a deadlier variant occurs or regions where the health system is at risk of being overwhelmed.
What the individual rules look like in the respective federal states is currently unclear.
However, it is quite possible that a mask requirement in public spaces, the still important distance requirements and hygiene concepts indoors and various access restrictions for places open to the public (3G/2G) will remain.
