Coronavirus talk at Anne Will – Virologist raises the alarm: “15 people die because of undiscovered child”

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10:23 p.m .: Kekulé meanwhile sees a real “Communication gau“Approach the population. If, after the next two weeks, no decisive results regarding the containment of the disease can be seen, it seems clear to the virologist: One should not “lock up the citizens”. The expert agreed with the Chancellor to limit social contacts to the minimum , however, emphasized that people “could not and should not prohibit contact with fresh air. “

10.12 p.m .: Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia Armin Laschet defended the decision to leave the border with Belgium and the Netherlands open so far. The CDU politician justified this with the close exchange with the health authorities of the countries and with the fact that to date there have not been any hamster purchases by Belgian or Dutch citizens in border areas.

10:08 pm: In addition, Kekulé confirmed his statements from last week that Germany had “three times as many infected people as officially reported” at the moment. Because an infected person would infect two more people on average. In addition, it takes time for symptoms to appear and the virus to be discovered.

Corona virus talk at Anne Will / ARD: “15 people die because of an undiscovered child”

10:05 p.m .: The virologist Alexander Kekulé criticized the timing of the border closings, which came much too late because “up to now we have simply overslept a lot of time.” The expert made clear what this meant by a dark calculation: “A child who is somewhere in.” the school sits and was not recognized as a corona case infected about 3000 people in eight weeks. You can easily calculate that. About 0.5 percent die, which means because of an undiscovered child about 15 people die. I think that says everything that has been missed here (…) We are in a phase, a minute to twelve or even a minute to twelve. “

9:54 pm: As Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz affirmed, the new border regulations were made in close consultation with the neighboring countries.

9.50 p.m .: It is empty in the “Anne Will” studio in Berlin. In order to slow the spread of the corona virus, the political talk takes place without spectators.

Update 8.02pm: As Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) announced in the evening, alongside France, Austria and Switzerland, the borders with Luxembourg and Denmark will also be closed.

Corona virus talk at Anne Will / ARD: “How drastic must measures be?”

First registration: Berlin – The Coronavirus pandemic employs Germany. Chancellor Angela Merkel* sent her word to the population on Saturday in a video message and demanded that social contacts be restricted – “to contain the virus and thus relieve the health system.”

Corona virus in Germany: Federal Republic is closing borders

At the same time, across the country Events canceled* and schools closed – social life seems to have come to a standstill these days and the population could soon feel this even more. Germany closes its borders with neighboring countries France, Austria and Switzerland on Monday afternoon. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer explained what this means at a press conference.

The closure of the borders in neighboring countries of the Federal Republic has meanwhile also had an impact on Germany. For example, there may be supply bottlenecks in supermarkets if trucks are not allowed to drive across the Polish border. In general, it is already clear that the corona crisis is causing massive damage to the economy.

Corona crisis in Germany / Anne Will: “How drastic must the measure be?”

However, the question of how Germany’s health system copes with the corona pandemic is much more important. How well are Germany’s hospitals positioned? Are we soon threatened by Italian conditions?

The ARD political talk “Anne Will” deals with these questions on Sunday evening from 9.45 p.m. Under the title “The Corona crisis – how drastic must the measures be?“Anne Will discusses with the Vice Chancellor in her program, for example Olaf Scholz (SPD), North Rhine-Westphalia’s Prime MinisterArmin Laschet (CDU) and the virologist Alexander Kekulé, who most recently raised the coronavirus alarm with Markus Lanz.

Coronavirus Anne Will / ARD: An overview of the guests of the talk show