The corona pandemic has determined everyday life in Germany for two years. Omikron is currently creating new dimensions in the infection process. The news ticker.
- Omikron creates new dimensions: the RKI reports more than 200,000 new corona infections for the first time.
- Doctors’ representatives warn of staff shortages in practices and clinics.
- This news ticker is updated regularly.
Berlin – It’s been exactly two years since the first Corona * case was confirmed in Germany. There are now more than 200,000 new infections – every day. On Thursday morning (January 27), the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported another record value. 203,136 new corona cases were transmitted within one day, more than ever before.
The nationwide seven-day incidence* is also at an all-time high of 1017.4. For comparison: the day before the value was 940.6. A week ago, the incidence was 638.8 (previous month: 222.7).
Corona in Germany: medical practices “at the limit” – “quarantine is becoming a problem”
The highly infectious omicron variant, which usually leads to a milder course of the disease, has caused the number of infections * to explode in recent weeks. This is now also leading to staff shortages in medical care. “The more the incidences rise, the more practices will have to close temporarily due to illness,” said the national chairman of the German Association of General Practitioners, Ulrich Weigeldt, to the newspapers of the Funke media group . Many practices are already “at the limit”.
The head of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, Andreas Gassen, also emphasized in the Funke newspapers that medical staff could become scarce. “The quarantine will become a problem in the coming weeks,” he said. “If half the staff in the hospital has to stay at home because they are in quarantine, even a normal volume is difficult to cope with. The same applies to practices – doctors and medical specialists can also become infected and have to be quarantined, so staff will also be scarce there,” Gassen continued.
Corona in Germany: Two years after the first case
On January 27, 2020, the corona virus was confirmed in Germany for the first time in a man from Bavaria. Since then, the RKI has registered 9,238,931 cases. A total of 117,314 people died from or were involved in a corona infection*. Vaccinations against the coronavirus have been carried out since the end of December 2020. A good three quarters of the population in Germany have received at least one dose so far, only slightly fewer have full basic protection and a good half have a booster vaccination. (ph with dpa) *Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
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