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Corona incidence rises to 110 – Lauterbach calls for nationwide tests at schools: "I feel sorry for the children"

The 7-day incidence in Germany is still in the three-digit range. SPD health expert Lauterbach calls for regular corona tests in schools.

Berlin – At the weekend, the reported new corona cases are usually lower. The seven-day incidence in Germany has now reached 110. The Robert Koch Institute * (RKI) gave it 110.1 on Monday morning. For comparison: the previous day the value was 106.3, a week ago it was 74.4.

The SPD * health politician Karl Lauterbach is now expecting a sharp rise in the number of corona infections * in children, warned. “After the autumn break we will see significantly more outbreaks in schools because the children can no longer air out,” he told the RND newspapers on Monday. Lauterbach called for a nationwide uniform test strategy in schools.

Corona: Lauterbach calls for nationwide corona tests for children

“Test three times a week, that would be my suggestion, in the morning with antigen tests, because these detect the prevailing delta variant very reliably. In addition, five test days in a row for contact persons of infected people. ”This could practically end the uncontrolled pandemic in schools. Children who have had contact with infected people do not have to be in quarantine.

But be careful not only when it comes to debts, Lauterbach told the newspapers: “There will also be chains of contagion in companies. The same goes for bars and restaurants. We can expect a continuous increase. “

Corona in children: Lauterbach warns of long Covid risk

According to Lauterbach, a federal-state resolution on a uniform approach is needed. “I feel sorry for the children who are now exposed to the long-covid risk,” he told the papers. “The fact that we are now stopping testing in many places with increasing numbers is completely unacceptable,” he added.

Maike Finnern, on the other hand, chairwoman of the Education and Science Union (GEW), sees the schools prepared for a second Corona autumn. “Viewed nationwide, schools are better positioned this autumn in terms of health prevention than they were a year ago,” said Finnern to the RND . The vaccination rate among the employees in the schools is extremely high. “If the prevention path is continued consistently, the schools can remain open”.

Corona measures in schools: “There is an urgent need for action here”

Finnern criticized that many schools were still not equipped with air filters. “There is an urgent need for action here,” the GEW chairwoman told the newspapers.

The incidence value has long been the decisive variable for the corona measures taken by the federal and state governments. Due to the progress made in the vaccination campaign, other values are now playing a bigger role – in particular the number of corona patients in hospitals.

Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) considers an expiry of the “epidemic situation of national consequences” in the corona pandemic to be appropriate – despite great criticism of this attitude. (AFP / dpa / frs) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA

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