The corona numbers continue to rise, several cities have already cracked the incidence value of over 200. All news in the ticker.
- The Corona * incidence continues to rise, but the number of new infections is falling in a weekly comparison.
- Several cities tear the incidence value of over 200.
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Update from September 10, 12.15 p.m.: In the future, the corona measures should be based primarily on the number of hospital admissions due to Covid-19. In addition, teachers and employees in
Nursing homes can be asked by employers whether they are vaccinated or not. The corresponding new regulations in
The Infection Protection Act also passed the Federal Council on Friday, after the Bundestag had already approved it this week. The changes should come into force quickly as soon as they have been published in the Federal Law Gazette after being signed by the Federal President.
Specifically, it is planned that the number of patients admitted to clinics because of Corona will be the most important yardstick for future
should be stricter measures. Other parameters, such as the utilization of intensive care units and the number of people vaccinated, should also be included. This replaces the previous orientation on the number of infections, which is no longer so because of many vaccinated people
meaningfully applies.
In the future, employees in daycare centers, schools and nursing homes should be allowed to be asked by their employers whether they have been vaccinated or whether they have already had Corona. Normally, health data may not be requested from employees. However, exceptions are already possible in the healthcare sector. Now this is to be extended to daycare centers, schools and nursing homes, but only as long as an “epidemic situation of national scope” applies, which is voted on in the Bundestag every three months.
Corona in Germany: a quarter of all teenagers already vaccinated
Update from September 10th, 11.40 a.m.: While the Stiko updated its recommendation for pregnant and breastfeeding women on Friday (see update from 11.10 a.m.), adolescents from the age of twelve have been allowed to be vaccinated against the corona virus for some time. A quarter of young people aged 12 to 17 have already accepted this offer.
35.9 percent of this age group received at least one vaccination. That comes from figures from the Federal Ministry of Health on Friday. “The recommended vaccination protects at any age,” wrote Federal Health Minister Spahn on Twitter. So far across the population had 61.9 percent or around 51.47
Millions of people have complete vaccination protection. At least one vaccination received 66.3 percent or about 55.14 million inhabitants.
But Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn is also happy about the progress made on the way to the corona vaccination for children under the age of twelve *. The Mainz-based pharmaceutical company Biontech announced on Friday that it would also apply for approval of its corona vaccine for children between the ages of five and eleven in the coming weeks. “That is good news,” said Spahn to the editorial network Germany (RND).
Update from September 10, 11:10 a.m.: Well then: the Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko) has generally changed
pronounced for a corona vaccination of pregnant and breastfeeding women.
Corona numbers continue to rise: Several cities crack incidence of over 200
Original message from September 10th: Berlin – The fourth corona wave is already a topic of conversation, it is still not foreseeable how hard the wave could hit Germany. But the RKI reported a small ray of hope on Friday: the number of new infections has fallen compared to last Friday. But several cities tear the incidence value of over 200.
Corona in Germany: RKI incidence continues to rise – several hotspots reported
As the RKI reported on Friday morning, the seven-day incidence has risen slightly again. Accordingly, it is now currently at a value of 83.8. The day before, the RKI had put the value at 83.5, in the previous week at 80.2. According to official information, 12,969 people have been newly infected with the coronavirus in the past 24 hours; a week ago the value was 14,251. In addition, the RKI reports 55 deaths within 24 hours, just a week ago there were 45 reported deaths.
Several cities are currently particularly affected; according to the RKI, they have an incidence value of over 200. The city of Offenbach am Main currently tops the list of hotspots with a value of 236.1. Also badly affected: Bremerhaven (218.4), Wuppertal (210.4), Rosenheim (206.0) and Neustadt an der Weinstrasse (204.5).
Corona in Germany: The incidence of hospitalization continues to rise
The number of corona patients admitted to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days was given by the RKI on Thursday at 1.89 (previous day 1.79). A nationwide threshold value from when the situation can be viewed critically is not provided for the incidence of hospitalization, among other things because of large regional differences. The previous high was around 15.5 around Christmas time.
The State Health Office (LGA) is initially expecting a significant increase in the number of corona cases in the southwest. School closings should be avoided. * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
