The number of new infections is declining – but only apparently, according to critics. In two days, the federal and state governments will discuss easing. The news ticker.
- The Robert Koch Institute (RKI)* reports a falling incidence*.
- When it comes to easing, however, experts disagree before the Corona summit on February 16.
- Opponents of the measures wanted to get to Winfried Kretschmann’s (Green) house.
- This news ticker about Corona* in Germany* is updated regularly.
Berlin – The nationwide 7-day incidence has fallen for the second day in a row – although the meaningfulness of the data is currently limited. The RKI gave the value on Monday morning as 1459.8. In addition, 42 further corona deaths were recorded within one day.
It is difficult to judge whether this really means a turnaround in the infection process. It could also be that the drop is a result of an overloaded reporting and testing system. This plays a major role because the next Prime Minister’s Conference (MPK for short, or colloquially “Corona Summit”) with Chancellor Olaf Scholz* (SPD*) will take place on February 16th. A first draft resolution for the meeting has meanwhile leaked out.
According to a newspaper report, the RKI “firmly” expects a new Corona * wave in autumn. “The endemic has not yet been reached – we are in a transition phase,” reported Die Welt , citing an internal RKI assessment of the situation.
German Corona Expert Council sees the mask requirement falling
The Corona Expert Council has also positioned itself in front of the MPK in a statement: For the coming weeks, a “plateau formation” and a subsequent “drop” in the number of infections* can be expected, the federal government body wrote on Sunday evening. Relaxation should, however, be communicated in an “understandable” way.
The mask requirement, for example, could be temporarily lifted “if the number of infections is sufficiently low”. However, the experts reckon that it could become necessary again indoors in the coming autumn and winter.
Before the Corona summit: tests in random samples under discussion
Isolation and testing* remain “of great importance in the current phase,” the paper continues. The government should check whether, in times of easing, it also tests people without symptoms on a random basis in order to identify “significant changes in the dynamics of the infection” at an early stage.
However, the paper also states that opening too early carries the risk of a renewed increase in the burden of disease. The experts emphasized that permanent easing is “closely linked to achieving a high vaccination rate and, at the same time, to acting independently” on the part of all citizens.
Corona policy opponents target Green politicians
Critics of the Corona policy have tried to get to the home of Baden-Württemberg Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens *). Demonstrators wanted to bypass a road blockade. However, this was prevented, the police said.
During the pandemic*, it has often happened that the protests of the opponents of the Corona measures are carried in front of the homes of politicians. At the beginning of December 2021, for example, there was a torch parade in front of the home of the Saxon Minister of Health Petra Köpping (SPD*). (AFP/dpa/frs) *Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
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