The corona regulations for schoolchildren in Germany differ from state to state. A virologist is now calling for a “Freedom Day” for minors. The news ticker.
- The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) * has published the new corona numbers. (see update from October 5, 9:20 a.m.)
- The teachers’ association calls for uniform corona regulations in German schools. (see first report)
- Virologist Klaus Stöhr has spoken out in favor of a “Freedom Day” for minors. (see first report)
- This news ticker is updated regularly.
Update from October 5, 9:20 a.m.: The RKI’s corona dashboard will continue to be updated on Tuesday morning. The new case numbers are, however, available on the homepage of the Robert Koch Institute. According to this, the health authorities in Germany reported 4,799 new corona infections within one day. A week ago the value was 4171 infections.
The seven-day incidence has decreased slightly compared to the previous day and is 63.6. The previous day the value was 64.7, a week ago it was 60.3. The number of corona patients admitted to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days – the most important parameter for a possible tightening of the corona restrictions – was given by the RKI on Monday (October 4) as 1.55.
Corona in Germany: “Relapse into the wildest small states” in school measures
First report from October 5: Berlin – The rules for schoolchildren in Germany were seldom uniform during the corona pandemic *. There were differences in mask requirements, tests and distance from state to state. Now different measures apply again. Heinz-Peter Meidinger, President of the German Teachers’ Association, speaks of a “relapse into the wildest small states”.
Before the conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs at the end of the week, he asked the Rheinische Post for uniform criteria for corona tests *, the requirement to wear a mask and the required minimum distance in schools in the event of sharply increasing incidences. Likewise, the infection and quarantine numbers would have to be recorded nationwide on a weekly basis.
“The biggest annoyance for us as a teachers’ association is the fact that the corona measures have currently relapsed into the wildest small states,” Meidinger told the newspaper. In some federal states, the mask requirement has been completely abolished, elsewhere only partially. The rule was recently relaxed in Bavaria.
Corona rules in schools: head of teachers’ association warns – “released for contamination”
Tests of the students would be handled just as differently. In Thuringia, in addition to the mask requirement, the tests have also been abolished, which means that schools are “released for infection”. In the federal state, masking is only mandatory in lessons from certain warning levels, but in principle in the school building. Mandatory tests are only required from the highest warning level.
The chief executive of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, Andreas Gassen, told the Passauer Neue Presse that children had “become increasingly easy prey for viruses, among other things as a result of the Corona * measures, which previously could hardly harm them”. He does not consider it necessary to wear a mask in schools if tests are being carried out in parallel.
Corona in Germany: Virologist Stöhr calls for “Freedom Day” for children and adolescents
The virologist Klaus Stöhr also supports the demand for easing in schools. The scientist spoke out in the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung for the end of all corona measures – a so-called “Freedom Day” – for minors. “They should all be considered vaccinated or recovered and masks in schools and the compulsory test for this group should disappear.” Stöhr also criticized the mass tests of asymptomatic children in schools: “Money is simply burned senselessly, for really important things much more urgently is needed. “
However, due to the risk for older unvaccinated people, it was still too early for a complete lifting of all Corona * measures for adults, the virologist continued. More than three million over 50-year-olds have not yet been immunized and post-vaccinations are still not prepared for those over 60. “We’ll have to put our hand on the brakes through next winter because of the over 50-year-olds,” said Stöhr. (ph / dpa / afp) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
