8:12 a.m .: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the nationwide seven-day incidence on Tuesday morning as 201.7. This is evident from numbers that reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 5 a.m. The day before, the value of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week was 189.0 (previous week: 307.2, previous month: 717.4).
However, the incidence does not provide a complete picture of the infection situation. Experts have been assuming for some time that there will be a large number of cases not recorded by the RKI – due to overworked health authorities and because not all infected people have a PCR test done. Only these count in the statistics. In addition, late registrations or transmission problems can lead to a distortion of individual daily values.
The health authorities in Germany recently reported 61,889 new corona infections (previous week: 64,437 registered infections) and 136 deaths (previous week: 159) to the RKI within one day. Here, too, comparisons of the data are only possible to a limited extent due to the test behavior, late registrations or transmission problems. In general, the number of registered new infections and deaths varies significantly from weekday to weekday, as more and more federal states do not transmit to the RKI, especially at weekends, and report their cases later in the week.
The RKI has counted 26,305,996 infections with Sars-CoV-2 since the beginning of the pandemic. The actual total number is likely to be significantly higher, as many infections go undetected.
8:11 a.m .: The chairman of the World Medical Association, Frank Ulrich Montgomery, has warned of the spread of the omicron variant BA.5 in Germany in view of the increasing number of corona infections in Portugal. “Corona is not over yet – this is proven by the violent outbreak of omicron in Portugal,” said Montgomery of the “Rheinische Post” (Tuesday edition).
“The BA.5 variant of the virus will also spread to us. Many, including those who have been vaccinated, will become ill. Good to know: those who have been vaccinated have a much milder disease. His risk of dying is 99 percent lower than that of unvaccinated people,” said the President of the World Medical Association. He therefore called for good preparation for the fall and winter.
“The toolbox must be defined and maintained in the Infection Protection Act: from the obligation to wear a mask to the lockdown – uniform and clearly regulated nationwide,” Montgomery demanded. “The smarter we behave now, the fewer drastic measures we need in autumn and winter. Wear a mask voluntarily, wherever always a lot of people come together. Vaccination, especially now. And don’t play off freedom against security, “said Montgomery.
The omicron sub-variant BA.5 has caused a renewed increase in the number of corona cases in Portugal. According to the authorities, the variant first detected in Portugal at the end of March is now the predominant variant in the country. The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) also recently warned that the omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5, first identified in South Africa, could lead to a resurgence in the number of cases.
Monday, May 30, 9:57 a.m .: As a result of multiple violations of home quarantine by a 42-year-old Beijinger who later tested positive, more than 5,000 of his neighbors have to be in corona isolation. As the Beijing Ribao newspaper reported on Monday, the man had been instructed to isolate himself at home because he had been identified as the contact person of an infected person in a shopping center. However, the 42-year-old left his apartment several times and walked around the neighborhood.
Five days after the instruction, the man and his wife tested positive. As a consequence, the authorities brought 258 residents of his house to a central quarantine facility. More than 5,000 residents of the area would now have to isolate themselves at home, the paper continued. The police have launched criminal investigations against the 42-year-old.
China continues to pursue a rigorous zero-Covid strategy. The most populous country is fighting the worst corona wave since the pandemic began more than two years ago. Shanghai in particular, but also Beijing and other metropolises have imposed lockdowns of varying severity. Hundreds of millions of people in the country are regularly tested.
Friday, May 27, 1:05 p.m .: Bavaria’s Health Minister Klaus Holetschek has sharply criticized the new corona dispute within the federal government about a possible mask requirement in the event of a new pandemic wave in autumn. “Protection against a possible new wave of pandemics should be the top priority for the entire coalition, and that also applies to the FDP,” said the CSU politician to the “Augsburger Allgemeine” (Saturday edition). Holetschek joined SPD Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach, who wants to react to a possible new corona wave in autumn with a mask requirement indoors.
“It is important to set the course for autumn in good time,” emphasized the Bavarian minister. The federal states need legal certainty with a corresponding adjustment of the Infection Protection Act. However, the criticism of Lauterbach’s initiative by FDP federal justice minister Marco Buschmann and deputy FDP leader Wolfgang Kubicki raised concerns that important protective measures for the population would be blocked by an ongoing dispute in the coalition. “The traffic light is straying again and Buschmann and Kubicki don’t really turn out to be lights,” criticized Holetschek. “If the federal government does not set a clear course and shows unity, it unsettles people,” he added.
6:21 a.m .: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the nationwide seven-day incidence on Thursday morning as 262.6. This is evident from numbers that reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 5 a.m. The day before, the value of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week was 281.8 (previous week: 383.2, previous month: 909.1).
However, the incidence does not provide a complete picture of the infection situation. Experts have been assuming for some time that there will be a large number of cases not recorded by the RKI – due to overworked health authorities and because not all infected people have a PCR test done. Only these count in the statistics. In addition, late registrations or transmission problems can lead to a distortion of individual daily values.
The health authorities in Germany recently reported 39,705 new corona infections (previous week: 58,719 registered infections) and 136 deaths (previous week: 165) to the RKI within one day. Here, too, comparisons of the data are only possible to a limited extent due to the test behavior, late registrations or transmission problems. In general, the number of registered new infections and deaths varies significantly from weekday to weekday, as more and more federal states do not transmit to the RKI, especially at weekends, and report their cases later in the week.
The RKI has counted 26,198,811 infections with Sars-CoV-2 since the beginning of the pandemic. The actual total number is likely to be significantly higher, as many infections go undetected.
5:11 a.m .: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the nationwide seven-day incidence on Wednesday morning as 281.8. This is evident from numbers that reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 5 a.m. The day before, the value of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week was 307.2 (previous week: 407.4, previous month: 790.8). However, the incidence does not provide a complete picture of the infection situation.
Experts have been assuming for some time that there will be a large number of cases not recorded by the RKI – due to overworked health authorities and because not all infected people have a PCR test done. Only these count in the statistics. In addition, late registrations or transmission problems can lead to a distortion of individual daily values.
The health authorities in Germany recently reported 49,141 new corona infections (previous week: 72,051 registered infections) and 158 deaths (previous week: 174) to the RKI within one day. Here, too, comparisons of the data are only possible to a limited extent due to the test behavior, late registrations or transmission problems. In general, the number of registered new infections and deaths varies significantly from weekday to weekday, as more and more federal states do not transmit to the RKI, especially at weekends, and report their cases later in the week.
The RKI has counted 26,159,106 proven infections with Sars-CoV-2 since the beginning of the pandemic. The actual total number is likely to be significantly higher, as many infections go undetected.
11.06 a.m .: The Standing Vaccination Commission recommends a corona vaccination for all children from five to eleven years who have not yet received a vaccination. This emerges from the new vaccination recommendation from Stiko. So far, such a vaccination was only recommended if there were risk factors, such as previous illnesses.
5:01 a.m .: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the nationwide seven-day incidence on Tuesday morning as 307.2. The day before, the value of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week was 312.1 (previous week: 437.6, previous month: 807.0).
Experts have been assuming for some time that there will be a large number of cases not recorded by the RKI – due to overworked health authorities and because not all infected people have a PCR test done. Only these count in the statistics. In addition, late registrations or transmission problems can lead to a distortion of individual daily values.
The health authorities in Germany recently reported 64,437 new corona infections (previous week: 86,252 registered infections) and 159 deaths (previous week: 215) to the RKI within one day. Here, too, comparisons of the data are only possible to a limited extent due to the test behavior, late registrations or transmission problems.
1:54 a.m .: The German medical profession considers it premature that the federal government has ordered new corona vaccines for 830 million euros. “It only makes sense if these vaccines have already been adapted to the new virus variant, i.e. are more effective than the previous ones. But we don’t yet know exactly what to expect,” said the President of the German Medical Association, Klaus Reinhardt, of the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”.
It is also important to clarify whether further vaccinations would really bring an advantage. There are conflicting study results for the four vaccinations. “You have to take a close look at that and only then decide whether a vaccine procurement of the magnitude mentioned is necessary,” said Reinhardt before the start of the German Doctors’ Day, which takes place from Tuesday to Thursday in Bremen.
The medical president criticized that the traffic light’s corona policy was no better than that of the previous government: “Within the coalition there are very different ideas about how to deal with corona, which leads to a lurching course and confusion.”
Tuesday, May 24, 12:30 a.m .: According to the German Teachers’ Association, preparations for the lessons in autumn should already be made in view of the corona pandemic. “Politicians are not doing their homework on the topic of pandemics and schools,” said association president Heinz-Peter Meidinger to the editorial network Germany. The course must be set now. He called for everything to be done to ensure that the schools are not closed again in the fall. “At the latest, however, the schools must be equipped and prepared in such a way that distance learning works in any case,” Meidinger told RND.
He complained that the federal states lacked a legal basis for compulsory masks in schools. In his opinion, masks could be “a decisive factor” in a possible autumn corona wave in order to keep schools open. “The federal government must therefore quickly adapt the Infection Protection Act again,” Meidinger demanded.
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