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After the virologist Drosten proposed to shorten the quarantine from 14 to five days, health politicians from various groups joined his demand. It’s also about acceptance among the population.
Health politicians from various groups have spoken out in favor of shortening the quarantine period in suspected corona cases. “I think it makes sense to limit the quarantine period to five days,” said Karl Lauterbach, a member of the SPD, of the newspaper “Die Welt”. “We know that the vast majority of people are no longer contagious within five days of the onset of symptoms, even if the PCR test still shows a positive result.”
Berlin virologist Christian Drosten had asked for a shortening to maintain acceptance of the measures in society. People suspected of having an infection should only have to isolate themselves for five days instead of 14. With this proposal he goes “to the limit of the pain of epidemiology,” he said Tuesday on his NDR podcast. He also suggested that the five days should not be “wasted” on testing, but only after this time has elapsed to check if those affected were infected and still are.
“This clears the ground for crown deniers”
The health policy spokesperson for the FDP parliamentary group, Christine Aschenberg-Dugnus, also spoke in favor of a five-day quarantine. This increases public acceptance and “at the same time clears the ground for conspiracy theorists and crown deniers,” he told the “world.”
Greens health politician Kordula Schulz-Asche said: “For the great mass of the population, it may make sense to first enter a shortened quarantine and end it with a negative test if there is suspicion of contact with an infected person.” .
Federal and state governments want to discuss shortening
Health policy spokesman for the AfD parliamentary group, Detlev Spangenberg, believes that Drosten’s statement confirms the AfD’s view that “the measures taken so far have been hasty and not balanced.”
The health policy spokesperson for the Union’s parliamentary group, Karin Maag, referred to a review on the subject: the federal government and the states had commissioned the Federal Ministry of Health and the Robert Koch Institute to “evaluate existing studies on quarantine – and then, in exchange with the European partners, a report to be sent. “
On this basis, it should be decided whether the quarantine time will actually be shortened.
