The corona situation is tense again this autumn. Virologist Streeck comments on the current conditions. The RKI makes several recommendations.
Munich – The risk of being infected with the corona virus * is increasing again. The Robert Koch Institute * (RKI) therefore warns. “With the current seven-day incidence there is an increasing likelihood of infectious contacts,” said the latest weekly report from Thursday evening (October 28). It is “strongly recommended” to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and to ensure that you are fully vaccinated. What is meant is that you should also get the second injection, which is provided for almost all corona vaccines.
The possibility of booster vaccination should be used by the groups to which the Standing Vaccination Commission recommends it, it said. If you have mild symptoms, you should stay at home and get tested, if possible with PCR, tweeted the RKI. This also applies to those who have been vaccinated. Unnecessary contacts should be reduced and the rules of conduct for protection against infections should be strictly adhered to.
RKI: The percentage of people vaccinated is hardly increasing any more, although “pronounced effect” is proven
The RKI notes that the proportion of people who have been vaccinated has hardly increased in the past few weeks. Citing own calculations, it was said that a “pronounced effect” of the corona vaccination to prevent Covid 19 diseases and hospital admissions in Germany has been proven. The RKI compared the respective incidences in the unvaccinated and the fully vaccinated population.
Result: In the vaccinated population, both the weekly incidence of cases with symptoms and the incidence of hospital admissions were well below the respective values of the unvaccinated population, it said. This applies to the two age groups analyzed (18 to 59 and from 60 years of age) and to the entire study period from mid-July to mid-October.
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Corona in Germany: Incidence in the morning not available on the RKI dashboard
The seven-day incidence of Friday could not be called up on the RKI dashboard in the morning (as of 6.15 a.m.). “The data is currently being updated,” it said. In the past few days, the incidence has made leaps and bounds nationwide.
According to the virologist Hendrik Streeck, Germany is currently insufficiently prepared for the next pandemic months. “Unfortunately, we are going again very unprepared in autumn and winter,” said the director of the Virology Institute at the University of Bonn of the German Press Agency. “I am not relaxed about it: The capacities in intensive care units are reduced *, we can also expect a flu epidemic again if necessary, we do not have a good record of the infection process, but again greater mobility.” (Dpa / cibo) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
