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Schoolchildren get infected with Corona: this is how Drosten reacts
In Hamburg and Gießen, 47 students were infected with the corona virus. Virologist Christian Drosten is serious now.
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- How contagious are children? This question sparked a lot of discussion before classes started in Germany a few weeks ago.
- Germany’s most famous virologist, Christian Drosten, reacted soberly to dozens of infections in schools on Twitter.
- In one school alone, there were more than 30 infected students, and teachers also tested positive for the corona virus.
As early as August, several well-known virologists, including Christian Drosten, issued a joint statement warning against increased risk. Risk of corona infection in schools: 47 new cases in Hamburg and Giessen seem to prove them right.
Despite being required to wear a mask, 33 students and three school employees were infected with the corona virus at the Heinrich Hertz school in Winterhude alone, and according to the health department, 14 Covid 19 infections were confirmed in students from the Giessen Liebig school. . Read here:
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Corona infections in Hamburg: schoolchildren get infected outside of class
According to the responsible health department in Hamburg-Nord, the location of Heinrich-Hertz-Schule, many of the affected students were infected outside of school. According to the spokesman for the school authority, Peter Albrecht, who spoke to the NDR on Monday, there are still many signs of a chain of infection within the teaching facilities. Read here:
Drosten criticized on the NDR podcast for criticism of corona strategies.
At the Gießen Liebig School, on the other hand, 13 young people in the ninth grade and a student in the eleventh year were infected with the new corona virus, according to an investigation by the Gießen indicator. As a result, there is one for classroom teaching. Mask requirement has been introduced.
Drosten and Co: Virologists warned against infection in schools
Germany’s most famous virologist Christian drosten reacted soberly on Twitter: “As expected” (translated: As expected), write there. No wonder: just a few weeks ago, he and several virologists from the Society for Virology issued a joint statement about the increased risk of infection. Reopening of schools down.
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“The lack of preventive and control measures could quickly lead to outbreaks that force schools to close again,” he says. And furthermore: “We warn against the idea that children play no role in the pandemic and in transmission,” the experts suggested. various measures which could serve to minimize the risk of transmission.
Corona: Virologists recommend containment measures in schools
- This includes, for example, minimizing the class size based on the number of new infections.
- In addition, the researchers spoke in favor of the “coherence Wear masks every day in all school years also during lessons ”.
- Schools must also find pragmatic solutions to improve air exchange.
In view of a possible increase in infection towards the end of the year, virologists even recommended extending the Christmas holidays, which could reduce the times of peak infectious activity.
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