In some municipalities, the number of infections continues to rise sharply. However, there are still free places in the intensive care units.
Test sets with swab sticks are in a test center for suspected corona cases. Photo: Jens Büttner / dpa-Zentralbild / dpa / archive image (Image: dpa)
(Photo: Jens Büttner / dpa-Zentralbild / dpa / archive image)
Wiesbaden / Offenbach – The coronavirus continues to concern people at all levels. Discussions will be held on the political measures to contain the pandemic, tests for healthcare workers and the threat of school closings. According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), 1722 new reported cases in Hesse were added on Wednesday (as of midnight). According to statistics, 23 people died in Hessen within one day with or from the virus.
According to the city, the seven-day incidence in Offenbach was 343.9 on Wednesday. 735 Offenbachers were currently infected, eleven of them were in hospital. Throughout Hesse, the intensive care register of the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive and Emergency Medicine counted 274 corona patients in intensive care units on Wednesday, 147 of whom were ventilated (as of 2 p.m.). 387 intensive care beds were still free on Wednesday, after that there would be an emergency reserve of almost 1000.
The SPD parliamentary group in the Hessian state parliament called for a comprehensive test strategy for all employees in the Hessian health care sector. “If you want to secure and strengthen the inpatient care, you protect and support the employees,” said the health expert of the Social Democrats, Daniela Sommer, on Wednesday in the direction of the state government.
According to a survey, most of Hessen are satisfied with the state government’s corona crisis management, even if many view individual restrictions critically. According to the representative survey published on Wednesday by the infratest dimap institute on behalf of the Hessischer Rundfunk, 93 percent agree to the mask requirement in shops, in local transport and in public places. A narrow majority also supports the closure of restaurants, bars and pubs, 44 reject this measure. The contact restrictions are supported by 84 percent of those surveyed. 58 percent of those surveyed supported the fact that cinemas, theaters and museums had to close, 40 percent disagree.
The head of the Frankfurt health department, René Gottschalk, considers school closings to be unnecessary. “There is absolutely no reason to close schools,” said the epidemic expert in an interview with the “Frankfurter Rundschau” (Wednesday). “Even in the spring, this decision had hardly any part in the fact that the numbers fell.” Demands in this direction are “a decision of politics for which there is no infectiological necessity”.
A week after the riots in Leipzig, critics of the Corona measures in Frankfurt want to take to the streets. According to the regulatory office, 500 participants are registered for a demonstration on Saturday and 2000 for a rally in the city center.
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