Corona pandemic: Ministry of Health: Incidence remains an important parameter

Corona pandemic: Ministry of Health: Incidence remains an important parameter

The seven-day incidence will continue to be a basis for corona measures. In the future, however, according to the Federal Ministry of Health, more data will be taken into account.

In the debate about parameters for assessing the corona situation, the Federal Ministry of Health points out that the so-called seven-day incidence will continue to be taken into account.

“The incidence was never the only parameter for assessing the pandemic. But it is and remains an important parameter, ”said a spokesman. The value indicates the number of infections per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days and is the basis for many corona measures, such as the federal emergency brake that recently expired.

However, it is also correct that the incidence loses its informative value as the vaccination rate increases, the spokesman added. Especially when the particularly vulnerable groups have already been vaccinated. Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn (CDU) had already expressed himself several times, most recently at the weekend.

Therefore, more data should be taken into account more in the future. The Federal Ministry of Health announced on the weekend that the clinics should report more details on Covid-19 cases. In addition to the occupancy of intensive care units, all hospital admissions for corona must be transmitted, plus the age, type of treatment and vaccination status of the patients. The relevant ordinance should be initiated quickly, the ministry said on Sunday.

The “Bild” newspaper reported on Monday, citing an “internal document” from the Robert Koch Institute, about a “turnaround in corona policy”. The incidence should no longer decide on the corona measures. In the paper, the RKI presented “hospitalization (hospitalization) as an additional key indicator” for politics.

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