Corona situation in Germany: Health Minister Lauterbach comments

Created: 08/12/2022, 08:34

By: Moritz Serif

Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD).

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According to the RKI weekly report, the Corona summer wave has been overcome.

Minister of Health Lauterbach answers questions from journalists.

Berlin – Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach has to answer questions from journalists at the federal press conference on Friday (12 August), 10 a.m.

The Berlin doctor Leif Erik Sander should also sit on the podium.

Most recently, the SPD politician Lauterbach had come under pressure to justify his proposals for the corona protection measures for autumn and winter, which he had presented together with Justice Minister Marco Buschmann (FDP).

A return to mask requirements is planned, although there should be exceptions for newly vaccinated people.

These planned exceptions were met with some sharp criticism from the federal states.

According to the weekly report, the omicron subline BA.5 has meanwhile increased somewhat at a high level and, according to the latest data, has been found in about 94 percent of the positive samples.

Lauterbach comments - Corona variant BA.275 is spreading in India

According to the RKI, the spread of the omicron subline BA.2.75, about whose mutations some researchers had recently expressed concern, is mainly observed in India and various other regions worldwide.

A total of five proofs are known in this country.

Because the rate of corona infection has leveled off recently, the experts at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) consider the zenith of the corona summer wave to be over.

According to the RKI weekly report on Covid-19, the nationwide seven-day incidence fell again by a total of 27 percent in the past week after the significant drop in the previous week and declined in all federal states and age groups.

Corona measures: Günther calls for the quarantine to be relaxed

Schleswig-Holstein's Prime Minister Daniel Günther has meanwhile called for a significant relaxation of the quarantine rules for people infected with corona.

“Currently, infected people have to be isolated for five days, even without symptoms.

My suggestion: only those who have symptoms stay at home,” said the CDU politician.

There is currently no need for "rules that unsettle people, but rather those that protect vulnerable groups." (mse / dpa)