A generationThere are 12,626 in Germany Covid-19 infection Report within 24 hours. As the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced on Thursday morning, 21 people have died from the virus. A week ago, 8,400 new cases and 22 deaths were reported.
According to data from RKI, since the beginning of the pandemic, the total number of coronavirus infections recorded in Germany has increased to 3,901,799, and the total number of deaths has increased to 92,082. The incidence rate was 66 in 7 days and 61.3 the day before. According to RKI, no data was transmitted in Hamburg on Thursday, so the actual number may be higher.
According to the assessment, RKI At the beginning of the fourth corona wave. This time, the younger group was also severely affected.
Doctor: including several factors
Doctors openly oppose paying attention to hospital occupancy rates in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. “We are experiencing an exponential increase in infections and serious diseases again. Christian Karagiannidis, chairman of the German Society of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine and Emergency Medicine, said that more and more young people have not been vaccinated or have not been vaccinated so far. Enough attention and eventually hospitalized. Newspaper. “It is vital to delete the signal sent by an incidence value of 50. Of course the meaning has changed, but we must not give up the incidence value. The triad of morbidity, hospitalized cases, and intensive care bed occupancy is important. “
According to the plan of the federal government, the previous value of 50 for the 7-day morbidity rate is still mentioned by the Infection Protection Act as a threshold for stricter measures. In the future, the number of admissions will be decisive. Which thresholds should be applied to this is still open.
“Just as we have been saying for weeks that the incidence rate cannot be the only indicator, this also applies to the current hospitalization,” said Gerald Gaß, head of the German Hospital Association of the German Editors’ Network. It is necessary to consider various indicators side by side in order to truly understand the infections and dangers in the healthcare system. For example, in addition to morbidity and hospitalization rates, vaccination rates and the dynamics of various parameters must also be considered. “There is no lucky formula that can produce a number that fully explains the pandemic.”
“Pandemic” extended for three months
of Bundestag At the same time, on Wednesday night, the “epidemic of national importance” was temporarily extended for another three months. 325 members voted in favor of the alliance’s extension application. 253 members voted against and 5 abstained. The special circumstances will initially apply until the end of November. Without reconfirmation by Parliament, it will expire in three months. According to the established situation, among other things, the state’s regulations on mask requirements or exposure restrictions and other measures. The federal government can also issue certain ordinances, such as those related to vaccine procurement, without the consent of the Federal Council.
Sharp criticism from the opposition
Sanitation Committee Jens Spann (The CDU) said: “Unfortunately, the pandemic is not over.” The point is that federal states and local authorities need legal basis for measures such as wearing masks on buses and trains, as long as there are still such high numbers that have not been vaccinated. People with vaccines. The goal remains to continue to avoid overloading the health system. In order to survive the fourth wave of corona safely, a higher vaccination rate is needed. Span once again appealed to those who were hesitant to receive vaccination. “Please join.”
The Bundestag confirmed the special situation for the first time in March 2020 and finally confirmed this on June 11. Criticism is sometimes sharp and comes from the opposition. FDP health expert Christine Aschenberg-Dugnus warned against “continuing to violate fundamental rights automatically and indiscriminately.” Thanks to advances in vaccination, people are far from overloading the health system. AfD President Tino Chrupalla (Tino Chrupalla) said that in this case, there is no need to further restrict fundamental rights.
