The RKI reported 1183 new infections in the morning. The seven-day incidence rose to 10.9. In the flood disaster areas, there are increasing concerns about the rapid spread of corona. All developments in the live blog.
8:13 am
Lower Saxony calls for corona tests for drivers at borders
With a view to the new corona risk area Netherlands, Lower Saxony’s Prime Minister Stephan Weil has asked the federal government to finally create the conditions for controls on car travel. “We are of the opinion that tests, as we know them from our normal everyday life, should be required at every entry. And that at least random samples are provided at the border,” said the SPD politician to the Bremen “Weser courier”. The federal government must quickly implement the announced changes to the entry regulations.
The county of Bentheim has just made a significant leap up in incidences, making it the front runner in Lower Saxony. “If you look at the geographical location, the conclusion that the neighborhood to the Netherlands plays a bigger role,” says Weil.
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07:11 am
The number of new infections in India is falling
In India, the number of new infections reported daily is falling. The Ministry of Health registered 30,093 new cases, the lowest level in four months. In total, more than 31.17 million people have been shown to have contracted the coronavirus, which is the second highest figure worldwide after the USA. The number of deaths related to the virus rose 374 to 414,482 in 24 hours.
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6:52 am
100 people in quarantine after visiting a club in Hamburg
In Hamburg there is the next case of a mass quarantine after a positive corona test. According to information from NDR visitors to the Molotow music club in the St. Pauli district are affected.
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06:38 am
Australia: Third state in lockdown
A third Australian state has announced a lockdown to combat the spread of the Covid-19 Delta variant. South Australia has announced restrictions for several weeks, while Victoria has extended lockdown and Sydney has a five-week lockdown.
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06:24 am
Research in Ulm: Long-term effects are often organ damage
A research project by the Ulm University Hospital on long-term corona consequences has so far found organ damage in around one in five of its patients. “We have had around 250 patients so far. 20 percent of them have organ damage,” said Dominik Buckert, senior physician in charge of the special outpatient clinic for long-term Covid effects on the lungs, heart and blood vessels at the Ulm University Hospital. Most of the other patients feel less resilient than before the disease, said Buckert. However, the doctors could not find any organ damage in them.
Most of the people who come to the consultation are therefore between 40 and 50 years old. “And actually relatively healthy, so without any previous chronic illnesses,” said the senior physician. The youngest of the slightly more male patients are around 20 years old.
When it comes to organ damage, the Ulm specialists in internal medicine primarily observe inflammation of the heart muscle and its consequences. These included heart failure and cardiac arrhythmias, says Buckert. “In the case of the lungs, we observe that the structure of the lungs changes and that poor gas exchange is possible.” Shortness of breath is the result. The findings so far coincided with the feedback from other clinics on long-term corona consequences, said Buckert.
The university hospital had already set up consultation hours for people with long-term consequences after a Covid 19 disease in February of this year.
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06:03 am
World Medical Association President warns against loosening too quickly
World Medical Association President Frank Ulrich Montgomery has warned against loosening too quickly in view of the renewed increase in the number of corona infections. “Even the smaller opening steps in recent weeks have increased the incidence values,” said Montgomery to the newspapers of the Funke media group. “Now to simply drop the restrictions on our contacts and ‘open everything’ would be extremely dangerous,” explained the doctor. “If you do that, you risk entering the fourth wave.”
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05:21 am
Reuters count: Europe passes 50 million cases
According to a count by the Reuters news agency, coronavirus infections in Europe were the first region in the world to break the 50 million mark. A million new infections are added about every eight days, and there have been almost 1.3 million deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. Europe remains one of the hardest hit by the pandemic, accounting for 27 percent of infections and 31 percent of deaths worldwide.
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4:54 am
Concern about the spread of corona in flood disaster areas
In the state governments of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, there are fears that the number of corona infections will increase due to the relief efforts and emergency accommodation for many people after the flood disaster. “At the moment, many people are coming together in a very small space to deal with the crisis together. We now have to be careful that dealing with the disaster does not turn into a superspreader event,” said David Freichel from the Corona communications staff at the State Chancellery in Rhineland-Palatinate Editorial network Germany. The State Ministry of Health is preparing a special vaccination campaign in the disaster areas in consultation with the authorities of the affected districts.
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4:54 am
RKI reports 1183 new infections – Incident climbs to 10.9
The Robert Koch Institute has reported 1183 new infections. That is 537 more than on Tuesday a week ago, when 646 new infections were reported. The seven-day incidence rose further to 10.9 – from 10.3 the previous day. The value indicates how many people per 100,000 inhabitants have been infected with the corona virus in the past seven days. 34 other people died related to the virus. This increases the number of reported deaths to 91,397 within 24 hours. In total, more than 3.7 million corona tests have so far been positive in Germany.
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