The Germany-wide Corona incidence is now higher than 30. One age group in particular is driving the value up. The list of high risk areas is to be updated. The news ticker.
- The incidence in Germany has been increasing since the beginning of July. The number of positive corona tests is increasing continuously.
- One age group is currently driving the incidence up (update 11.11 a.m.) .
- Report: Turkey, USA and Israel become high risk areas (Update 2:03 p.m.).
- This news ticker on the subject of Corona in Germany is updated regularly.
Update from August 13, 2:03 p.m .: According to a media report, the federal government is upgrading Turkey, the USA and Israel to high-risk areas. Portugal, on the other hand, is no longer a risk area with the exception of Lisbon and the Algarve, report the newspapers of the Funke media group .
The upgrade to a high-risk area and the associated entry rules should come into force on Sunday night. In the case of Turkey, this should only apply from Tuesday night. And with due regard to the large number of travelers with a Turkish migration background, the report says, citing government circles. Entrants from so-called high-risk areas without proof of vaccination or recovery have to be in quarantine for ten days. The quarantine obligation can be shortened after five days at the earliest with a negative corona test.
The status of August 6, 2021 can still be found on the RKI website. But experience has shown that the lists of the RKI high-risk areas are updated during the course of Friday.
Spahn causes a stir with Corona statement
Update from August 13, 12:57 p.m .: Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn caused a stir with a corona statement. “Hold on again until spring” – that is the route for the Minister of Health, as Bild reports. At a video parliamentary group meeting of the CDU and CSU, Spahn warned against a fourth wave.
Corona: Highest incidence among 15 to 24 year olds
Update from August 13, 11:11 a.m .: One age group is driving the incidence in Germany (see first report) . “The current increase in the incidence can be observed above all in the age groups of 10 to 34-year-olds, although this trend is now also becoming apparent in the age groups up to 49 years of age”. Read more about: Who is infected with Corona *.
Corona: Stiko will probably update vaccination recommendations for children next week
Update from August 13, 10:43 a.m .: The corona vaccine from Biontech / Pfizer and Moderna are approved in Germany from the age of twelve. However, many parents find it difficult to decide whether to vaccinate their children. The problem: the Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko) has so far only recommended corona vaccination for risk groups of this age – for example for diabetes or a chronic lung disease. There are still too few data – to be able to better assess the risk of vaccination with the risk of infection. This Stiko recommendation is to be updated next week.
“This update of the Stiko recommendation is currently in the final processing, it is still about text polishing,” said the Berlin pediatrician Martin Terhardt on Thursday evening in the rbb “Abendschau”.
In the meantime, one can assess the risk of heart muscle inflammation a little better, said Terhardt in the RBB. The risk is a little higher for boys than for girls and a little higher after the second vaccination than after the first. Boys had the highest risk (1 in 16,000) after the second vaccination. Most of these heart muscle inflammations are mild, according to the doctor, and there were no deaths in this age group.
On the other hand, the data on the risk of long-term consequences of a corona infection (Long Covid) are still difficult to evaluate, said Terhardt. Because even in children without corona infection, there were comparable signals: The pediatrician spoke of “long lockdown” symptoms.
Corona: Incidence skips 30 – in a city it is more than 100
Initial report: The trend continues: The nationwide 7-day incidence of new corona infections has risen again and is now 30.1. In the independent city of Kiel, according to the RKI dashboard, it is currently 107.4. According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) * from Friday morning, 5,578 new infections and 19 other deaths from or with Covid-19 * were recorded within 24 hours.
The 7-day incidence has been rising continuously in Germany for weeks. A week ago the incidence was 20.4. However, the debate about value as the main orientation for Corona * policy is lively. A first federal state wants to relax in a few days regardless of the incidence.
Corona in Germany: intensive care physicians warn of “false security”
The intensive care physicians in Germany warn against lulling oneself into a “false sense of security” in view of the currently still relatively low number of corona patients in hospitals. At the moment, only three percent of the beds are occupied by Covid patients, the president of the intensive care medicine association Divi, Gernot Marx, told the Funke newspapers on Friday.
But there was also a slight increase in corona cases in the intensive care units. The rate will probably increase in the coming weeks as the number of infections continues to rise, Marx predicted. He is particularly concerned about the comparatively early increase in inpatient corona treatments.
RKI reports new corona numbers for Germany and calls for more PCR tests
According to the RKI, laboratory tests are also important for children and vaccinated people with mild symptoms in order to prevent the pathogen from spreading more widely in Germany. The health authority pointed this out in its weekly report on Thursday evening.
The number of such PCR tests * in doctors’ offices has fallen sharply in recent weeks. However, the proportion of positive results is already increasing again. (AFP / dpa / frs) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
