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Lauterbach
warns against teaching without restrictions
4.10 a.m.:
The SPD politician Karl Lauterbach has warned against
starting
school after the summer vacation without any corona restrictions. »I have already heard from the Länder about the idea of resuming classes after the summer without any restrictions, even if the incidence is high. We would have a complete infection of all students by the end of the school year, "he told the" Rheinische Post ". If you shut down the protective measures in schools too early, a large number of children would be infected with Covid-19. It is unclear how many of them have to struggle with long-covid long-term effects or even a weaker immune system after an illness.
Alternatively, schools could stick to alternating classes, masks, tests and quarantine for sick students.
"In my opinion, vaccinating teenagers over the age of twelve can help a lot in overcoming the pandemic," said Lauterbach.
New infections in
Turkey
at the highest level since the beginning of May
2.30 a.m.:
In Turkey, the number of new infections reported within one day has risen to more than 16,000 cases - this is the highest level since the beginning of May.
In addition, 63 people died in connection with Covid-19 during the same period, as the Ministry of Health announced on Monday evening.
The country with around 84 million inhabitants lifted all exit restrictions issued because of the pandemic at the beginning of July.
Since then, the number of cases has increased again.
The Turkish medical association TTB accused the government of a false pandemic policy on Monday.
In view of the increasing number of cases, she called for stricter measures.
For example, the government should require either two vaccinations or a two-week quarantine from those entering the country, according to the TTB.
Medical professionals: number of intensive care patients lower in fourth wave
12:50 a.m.:
Doctors expect fewer patients in the intensive care units in a fourth corona wave than in the most recent high phase, but also see the risk of a lack of defense against other diseases for children due to the long isolation. “I'm sure the number of patients in intensive care units and hospitals will not be as high in a fourth wave as in the third wave. But it's not over yet, «says Stefan Kluge, board member of the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, the editorial network in Germany. The virus in its delta version is much more contagious than it was a year ago, which is why not all rules - such as wearing a mask in supermarkets - should be repealed.
Spain
and the Netherlands are now high incidence areas
00:01 a.m.:
Spain and the Netherlands have been high incidence areas since midnight.
This means that additional regulations apply when entering Germany from there, as the Robert Koch Institute had announced.
With the decision, the federal government reacted to a significant increase in the number of infections in both countries.
The regulation was announced on Friday.
Anyone who returns to Germany from a high-incidence area and is not fully vaccinated or recovered has to be in quarantine for ten days, but can shorten this with a negative test after five days.
Shortly before the decision came into force, very few German tourists ended their vacation on the Spanish Mediterranean island of Mallorca prematurely, it said there.
The travel industry had criticized the decision of the federal government.
According to the travel association DRV, about 200,000 package travelers from Germany went on holiday in Spain last week - about 60 percent of them in the Balearic Islands, 30 percent in the Canary Islands and the rest on the mainland.
In addition, there are an estimated total of around 200,000 individual holidaymakers from Germany in the country.
jok / AFP / dpa / Reuters
