Improvement is slowly in sight: Germany is already seeing, smelling and feeling the end of the dark Corona tunnel. Karl Lauterbach gives an optimistic outlook for the summer.
- The corona pandemic in Germany is in its 15th month, and the country has been in lockdown for half a year.
- The development of the number of infections gives hope for a return to a much more normal life.
- Karl Lauterbach expects a visible vaccination effect in the number of cases in the second half of May, but also warns of a relapse (update from May 2, 10.30 p.m.) .
- This news ticker is updated regularly.
Update from May 2, 10:30 p.m.: Karl Lauterbach sees Germany on the way out of the Corona crisis. “I assume that the number of cases will drop significantly from mid-May to the end of May. Then we can say we have defeated the third wave, ”emphasized the SPD health expert in a WDR interview. So far the wave has only broken. At the same time, the 58-year-old warned against carelessness, because: “You shouldn’t overestimate the vaccination effect: less than 35 percent of 70 to 80-year-olds have been vaccinated so far.”
In addition, we must look more closely at a different generation: “If the numbers among children and young people should increase in the next few weeks, the third wave could start again. So we have to be very careful there. ”All in all, however, he is optimistic about the future:“ The summer will be good. The Indian mutant will not endanger that. ”The new infection protection law with emergency brake, compulsory tests in schools and companies as well as night exit restrictions have played a large part in the positive development. This means that Germany has “a good overall package at the start that should normally be enough to get the third wave under control”.
Corona crisis in Germany: Vaccines must be distributed between practices and centers as needed
Munich – Germany * is once again facing very decisive weeks in the Corona * pandemic. In May it is about setting the course for a smooth return to a largely normal everyday life. Of course, taking into account the novel coronavirus *, which may never be completely defeated, which has cost the lives of more than 80,000 people in this country.
Among other things, the decisive factor is the need-based distribution of the vaccine * to medical practices and centers so that the vaccine can be administered as quickly as possible and has to be disposed of as little as possible. In addition, politicians must decide to what extent a rigid adherence to the sequence of vaccinations * remains sensible and timely in view of the increasing number of drugs delivered.
Corona crisis in Germany: Question about the return of basic rights to vaccinated and convalescent people
Above all, there is also the question of which basic rights vaccinated and recovered people – possibly also those who tested negative – are granted again. Behind this should also be the hope that because of the Corona measures *, idle industries such as the hotel and catering industry but also the retail trade will be given a perspective that has been hoped for here for so long. On the other hand, the political decision-makers apparently fear a debate about envy, if in spring and possibly also early summer millions of Germans have to witness how some compatriots enjoy a new freedom that remains closed to them through no fault of their own.
These debates are now being conducted in Angela Merkel’s cabinet, but also in parliaments. In view of the stagnating or even falling incidence values in many cities and districts of the Federal Republic as well as an R value * of less than 1 – infected people infect less than one other person on average – it is high time to do so. (mg) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
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