DIs a virologist Christian Drosten Think that Germany is in an “emergency situation” with the coronavirus and think that new contact restrictions can be imagined. “We have to do something now,” said the head of virology at Charité Hospital in Berlin on Tuesday in the NDR podcast “Coronavirus Update” regarding the current coronavirus situation in Germany.
In the medium and long term, the way out of the pandemic is clear: “We must narrow the vaccination gap.” The “ideal target” must be “people who have been vaccinated more than three times.” Given that the intensive care unit is full, people cannot wait. In the short term, measures must be discussed again, “We actually hope to be able to support these measures,” Drosten said.
“So we may now have to use contact measures to control the infection again-it’s unlikely, but it certainly will,” said the virologist. He expects a very stressful winter “there is something new, let us calmly say: stoppage measures”. In view of delta variants, measures such as 3G or even 2G may not be enough to reduce the number of infections.
