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“The outbreak has become manageable again”
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“The outbreak has become manageable again”
The infection rate with the coronavirus has fallen to 0.7 in Germany. Jens Spahn draws a positive midterm evaluation. You can watch the press conference with the Minister of Health and the Robert Koch Institute here.
The Robert Koch Institute and the Federal Minister of Health drew a positive conclusion: Germany is better controlling the Corona outbreak. RKI President Wieler still gives three troubling numbers.
DThe president of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Lothar Wieler, considers Germany’s strategy to combat the coronavirus successful. Wieler spoke at the federal press conference in Berlin about a positive intermediate result.
The number of reproductions is currently 0.7, meaning each person infects only 0.7 others on average, Wieler said. Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) had made clear in the course of the announcement of the first easing of the crown measures on Wednesday that the supposedly small changes in the number of reproductions could have significant consequences.
Wieler said of the number of reproductions: “We will see if this is stable. The virus is in this country and remains in this country.” There is no “eradication”, there could always be new infections.
Nationally, more than recently 3,000 new infections been reported one day, said the head of RKI. Also, more and more medical employees would get sick. The numbers are around 6 percent increased compared to the previous week. As expected, this week saw the largest increase in deaths. Mortality rate is now included 2.9 percent.
The RKI wants to use Corona testing strategically better in the future. About nine percent of all tests are currently positive. “In the future, we may be able to do more testing in nursing homes and nursing homes to prevent patients and caregivers from becoming infected,” said Wieler. It is still crucial to break the chain of infection.
Regarding the possible number of unreported cases, Wieler referred to the importance of antibody testing. “Let’s say we have, what all experts consider high, a figure ten times higher: then we would have 1.3 million people infected.” According to Wieler, that wasn’t much either. A pandemic only ends when between 60 and 70 percent of the population accumulates immunity.
Spahn: Breakout Manageable Again
Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) has also seen positive results from containment of the coronavirus in recent weeks. “We can say that it was successful. We have managed to return exponential growth to linear growth, ”said Spahn.
The outbreak has now become “manageable” again. The health system “was never overwhelmed at this time” and “in good shape,” Spahn said. This is also due to the “tight-knit network of general practitioners and specialists.” Germany also has excellent clinics that have created additional intensive capacities in due course. There are currently 10,000 free intensive care beds.
Step by step, one now wants to hand over the task of performing other operations again. Starting in May, there should be “normal normality in hospital operation.” Parts of beds must remain reserved for Covid 19 patients.
During the press conference, Spahn hinted at criticism of China’s late announcement of the Corona outbreak without directly addressing the government in Beijing. If he has learned anything for international cooperation, it is “that all the countries that are members of this World Health Organization have to provide all the information very, very soon, if they have a virus outbreak.”
In Germany, on Friday morning there had been more than 134,400 infections with the new corona virus (previous day at 10:15 a.m.: more than 131,400 infections). According to reports, at least 3,827 infected people have died across the country so far (day before 10:15 a.m.: 3,554). This is the result of an evaluation carried out by the German Press Agency, which takes into account the latest figures from the federal states.
