Coronavirus: RKI warns, after new outbreaks from too much negligence

According to the Corona-outbreaks of, among other things, in the district of Gütersloh, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has called on the people in Germany to be cautious.

“We must continue to be mindful of,” said RKI-chief Lothar Wieler in Berlin on Tuesday. This applies for other months. The Virus is still in the country.

“If we give him the Chance to spread out, it takes this Chance. You can see that in the current outbreak.”

These relate to communities, meat processing establishments, and faith, and could be transferred through the contacts easily into the population.

It is important to prevent further outbreaks with solidarity, stressed Wieler: by adhering to minimum distances, the hygiene rules and wear a Mask in places where it was needed.

“I don’t think the locker will remain absolutely unpunished.”

Wieler was, however, optimistic that a second wave can be prevented with the already tested tools: “This is really in our hands.”

Especially the local outbreaks, especially in the country Gütersloh circles and Warendorf, in North Rhine-Westphalia, but also in Magdeburg, Göttingen, and Berlin-Neukölln – drive according to the RKI’s assessment of the nationwide Figures in the amount.

After in the past few weeks, about 350 new cases per day to the RKI reported to be increased in these Figures since last Monday, said Wieler.

According to the situation report from the Assembly came about almost 540 infections new, on Tuesday, the RKI reported 503 new infections (data 23.06., 0 PM).

The R-value rises above 2

The reproduction number, in short the R-value, which gives the dynamics of the outbreak events, information, have for a long time stable under 1, since 21. June, however, between 2 and 3, Wieler.

This means that an Infected person infects on average two to three other people. The aim is a value less than 1, in order to curb the pandemic.

Last, the R was-value of 2.02. (Data 23.6., 0: 00, The Previous Day: 2.76 In). The so-called Seven-day-a-R, was 1.67 (previous day: 1,83). He shows that the Infection occurred from 8 to 16 days and is subject to less current fluctuations.

Almost 140 counties have communicated to the RKI in the past few days, no cases. “We think that the local authorities are very vigilant,” said Ute Rexroth, head of the Department Surveillance at the RKI.

The same is true for Doctors and laboratories. Cases were identified relatively early. You trust the local authorities, who decided in regard to the respective location on-site on containment measures.

The RKI is in close contact with the responsible country authorities. As a common denominator in the current outbreaks Rexroth called it “a rather difficult social conditions”.

Corona-Hotspots in North Rhine-Westphalia and Berlin

In NRW more than 1550 infections in employees of a meat processor Tönnies are known so far – the local authorities announced a week of massive restrictions of public life in the district of Gütersloh, and also in the neighboring circle of the village were.

The residents may, for instance, in the public space of a week, only with people of your own Household move or two. Schools and nurseries are closed, or.

On Tuesday afternoon, it was announced that several employees of a slaughterhouse, the PHW group (‘Wiesenhof’) in lower Saxony has been tested Hausen a positive effect on the Coronavirus.

A on Monday was range testing is run at 23 of 50 employees in a positive, said a spokesman for the district. Now all of the more than 1100 employees of the slaughterhouse should be investigated.

In other cities, residential blocks were placed under quarantine, in Berlin-Neukölln, for example, to have people in connection with services plugged in.

Nearly 100 cases are confirmed. In the district of Friedrichshain, a Corona was detected infection in 44 residents of a building complex. The affected households were placed under quarantine.

Overall, according to the RKI in Germany since the pandemic-the beginning of 190 862 people in Germany is proven with Sars-CoV-2 (data 23.06., 0 PM).

8895 with the Virus infected people died according to the RKI in Germany – this means an increase of 10 compared to the previous day.

About 175 of the 700 people survived the infection, according to the RKI estimates. Which is 400 more than the day before.

Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa)

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