Infectiologist Greil calls for tough immediate measures

According to reports, there are no concrete recommendations from the state-wide Covid Crisis Coordination (GECKO). While it is still completely open whether a further lockdown will be discussed on Thursday, the Salzburg infectiologist Richard Greil is calling for tough immediate measures. In Salzburg, the 7-day incidence has quadrupled in the past ten days; it is currently 735 nationwide and more than 1,700 in Pongau.

GB: Medical staff sick or in quarantine

Responsible for the rapid increase are the lingering effects of the holidays and the omicron variant, the mutant that currently ensures that 20 percent of medical staff in Great Britain is either sick themselves or is in quarantine.

Something similar could well happen in Salzburg, says Richard Greil, Primary of Third Medicine at the University Hospital Salzburg. “In reality it is only a matter of avoiding the most severe overload of the health system accordingly”.

Greil: “Time until May is crucial”

The next three or four months are crucial for Greil to fight the pandemic: “Now is the time to act in order to avoid negative medical consequences. The medical consequences also have a secondary effect on the entire infrastructure, ”Greil pointed out.

“Now we have to act”

Not being restrictive now would lead to an uncontrollable risk situation for the virologist. The fact that the nationwide Covid Crisis Coordination (GECKO) is currently clearly focusing on shorter quarantine times is clearly not enough for him: According to Greil, adjusting quarantine times can be made up-to-date and problem-free at any time.

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