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All of Hamburg is declared a corona hotspot

2022-03-31T03:20:22.249Z


All of Hamburg is declared a corona hotspot Created: 03/31/2022, 04:51 By: Jennifer Lanzinger Metropolis in northern Germany: the megacity of Hamburg. © IMAGO / up two floors The corona pandemic was not losing momentum in Germany at the end of March. The RKI is now reporting a further increase in the incidence of hospitalization. The news ticker. All of Hamburg becomes a corona hotspot (updat


All of Hamburg is declared a corona hotspot

Created: 03/31/2022, 04:51

By: Jennifer Lanzinger

Metropolis in northern Germany: the megacity of Hamburg.

© IMAGO / up two floors

The corona pandemic was not losing momentum in Germany at the end of March.

The RKI is now reporting a further increase in the incidence of hospitalization.

The news ticker.

  • All of Hamburg becomes a corona hotspot

    (update March 30, 5:14 p.m.).

  • Hospitalization incidence rises to 7.21

    (update March 30, 4:44 p.m.).

  • Corona outbreak on cruise ship: TUI sends vacationers to Mallorca in quarantine

    (update March 30, 2:03 p.m.)

    .

  • The RKI reports on Wednesday (March 30) a slightly decreasing corona incidence.

  • This news ticker on the corona pandemic* is continuously updated.

Update from March 30, 10:55 p.m

.: The Munich virologist Oliver Keppler sharply criticizes the Paul Ehrlich Institute.

In an analysis of a test report for rapid coronavirus tests, he accused the institute of not meeting scientific standards.

"The many everyday reports of multiple false-negative rapid antigen tests, even in symptomatic people, who are only diagnosed with Covid-19 days later via PCR, should give us all food for thought," said Keppler.

Corona in Germany: Biontech makes billions in profits from vaccines

Update from March 30, 6:41 p.m

.: The Mainz-based pharmaceutical company Biontech made billions in profits from vaccines against the corona virus in 2021.

The net profit for the 2021 financial year was almost 10.3 billion euros, as Biontech announced on Wednesday, sales were almost 19 billion euros.

Around.

2.6 billion doses of the Corona vaccine Comirnaty from Biontech and US partner Pfizer were delivered to more than 165 countries and regions worldwide in 2021.

Biontech CFO Jens Holstein emphasized that the profits would make investments possible.

Between 1.4 billion euros and 1.5 billion euros are planned for research and development in 2022, and there are also dividends to shareholders and share buyback programs.

Corona in Germany: Are there changes to quarantine and isolation rules?

Lauterbach looks for pragmatic solutions

Update from March 30, 5:39 p.m

.: The corona rules will no longer apply in most federal states from April 3rd.

However, the quarantine rules remain in place for the time being - for now.

Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) again announced proposals to change the quarantine and isolation rules again for next week.

In the current omicron wave with the many infections, it is about solving this pragmatically.

All of Hamburg is now a Corona hotspot

Update from March 30, 5:14 p.m

.: The Hamburg Parliament has declared the Hanseatic city a corona hotspot.

A corresponding motion by the red-green government majority was accepted on Wednesday with the support of the left.

The mask requirement will continue to apply indoors and in retail for the next four weeks.

In addition to the mask requirement, the 2G plus rule for vaccinated or recovered people with an additional negative test at dance events will also be retained - under 2G plus you can still dance without a mask.

In schools, the mask requirement should generally continue to apply - however, students and teachers should be allowed to take off the masks at their workplaces in class from Monday.

In addition to Hamburg, only Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania wants to implement the hotspot rule for the entire state by the end of April.

Corona: Hospitalization incidence continues to rise

Update March 30 4:44pm

: Hospitalization incidence is now 7.21 (Tuesday: 7.07).

This was announced by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in its most recent situation report from March 30th.

However, the RKI points out that hospital admissions are reported with a delay.

The Berlin Institute estimates the actual incidence of hospitalization to be significantly higher.

Corona outbreak on "Mein Schiff 5" - vacationers in Mallorca in quarantine

Update from March 30, 2:03 p.m

.: Corona outbreak on board cruise trips: As the shipping company TUI Cruises confirmed, passengers “Mein Schiff 5” were quarantined in a hotel in Mallorca on Sunday (March 27).

The company did not give exact figures.

As the

Mallorca Zeitung

reports, at times 60 mainly German holidaymakers were infected with Corona.

The cruise ship with space for 2,000 passengers left Palma for a round trip in the Mediterranean via Marseille, Barcelona, ​​Alicante and Cartagena and arrived in Mallorca on Sunday.

According to TUI, the corona outbreak was an isolated case.

As of this Monday (March 28), there is no longer a quarantine obligation in Spain.

People under the age of 60 who have tested positive and who do not belong to a risk group can also leave the quarantine if there are no serious symptoms of the disease.

The German vacationer still had symptoms and did not feel healthy, reports

Mallorca Zeitung

.

"I wouldn't have a good feeling about getting on the plane now," said the victim.

The situation in the hotel is therefore very unpleasant.

Food would be left outside and had to be warmed up in the microwave.

The cruise ship "Mein Schiff 5" sails on the Trave in Lübeck-Travemünde shortly before its christening on 15 July 2016.

© Markus Scholz/dpa

Update from March 30, 2 p.m

.: Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD) promotes the second booster.

In view of the high number of infections, Lauterbach has also spoken out in favor of a fourth corona vaccination for everyone over 60 years of age.

Do we have to keep getting boosters now?

Berlin: Important cultural institutions want to stick to the mask requirement

Update from March 30, 1:42 p.m

: From Monday (April 2nd), the nationwide mask requirement will no longer apply in large parts of Germany.

Shops or cultural institutions can enforce the mask requirement with reference to the house rules.

Important cultural institutions in Berlin want to stick to a mask requirement even after most of the Corona regulations have been lifted.

This was confirmed by leading theaters and opera houses in the capital on Wednesday at the request of the dpa news agency.

In the three large houses of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Deutsche Oper and Komische Oper, for example, there should not only be a recommendation, but an obligation to wear masks both in the foyers and on the square.

The Deutsches Theater, Berliner Ensemble and the Volksbühne also want to act accordingly.

A mask requirement is also planned for the German Historical Museum and the Humboldt Forum, other museums are still in the process of being voted on.

A general recommendation from the Berlin cultural administration is expected this Thursday.

Corona situation in the intensive care units: number of intensive care patients still over 2,000

Update from March 30, 11:12 a.m

.: 2,279 patients with a coronavirus infection are currently being treated in the intensive care units in Germany, 874 of whom have to be artificially ventilated.

This emerges from the data from the DIVI intensive care register on Wednesday (as of 11:05 a.m.).

The number of Covid-19 patients has been over 2,000 for weeks and is hardly going down.

The age group of over 80s has been increasing since March and is currently at 23.8 percent.

At 27.2 percent, the proportion is highest in the 70 to 79 age group.

In the age group of over 60 to 69 year olds it is 25.2 percent.

Nationwide incidence drops to 1,663

First report from March 30, 2022

Berlin – The corona pandemic has picked up speed again in Germany in the past few weeks.

More than 250,000 people are still infected every day.

While the corona measures are being relaxed in many places, the RKI has recorded almost 350 deaths in one day.

Corona: RKI reports current figures - hospitalization incidence continues to increase unabated

As reported by the Robert Koch Institute on Wednesday, the nationwide seven-day incidence has fallen somewhat.

The RKI gave the value of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week on Wednesday morning as 1663.0.

For comparison: the day before the value was 1703.3.

A week ago, the nationwide incidence was 1734.2 (previous month: 1171.9).

Meanwhile, the number of new infections remains high.

The health authorities in Germany reported 268,477 new corona infections to the RKI within one day.

A week ago there were 283,732 infections.

When considering the values, it must be taken into account that individual states do not report data every weekday, and Baden-Württemberg and Brandenburg, for example, do not report data at the weekend.

This in turn leads to late registrations on the following days.

A comparison of daily values ​​is therefore becoming increasingly difficult.

In addition, experts have been assuming for some time that there will be a large number of cases not recorded by the RKI - due to overworked health authorities and because not all infected people have a PCR test done.

Only these count in the statistics.

RKI counts almost 350 deaths in one day - corona hospitalization incidence exceeds 7 mark

According to the new information, 348 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours.

A week ago there were 329 deaths.

The number of corona-infected patients who came to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days was 7.07 (Monday: 6.94) according to the RKI on Tuesday.

Here, too, there are days with incomplete reports.

The value also includes many people with a positive corona test who have another main illness.

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Source: merkur

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