The German association of doctors and hospitals is appealing to all those who have not done so to get vaccinated immediately.
Source: DW
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The number of patients in the Intensive Care Unit has once again increased significantly.
The Robert Koch Institute reported that more than 28,000 new cases of coronavirus infection have been reported in Germany in just one day. The seven-day incidence continues to rise, along with the number of deaths that can be shown to be linked to coronavirus infection.
Clinics accept more patients
The German Association of Hospitals estimates that we are in a “serious epidemic situation”.
Although the hospitalization rate appears to be low (currently 3.07), Gerald Gass, president of the German Hospital Society, warns that significantly more coronary patients have been admitted to clinics in the past seven days.
“If this continues, in two weeks we will have 3,000 more patients in intensive care.” Gas said hospitals can cope with this, but not without reducing the routine services provided to patients.
According to the official state register, there are currently about 1,800 people suffering from Covid in intensive care units in German hospitals, and about 4,300 more such patients in general wards.
In January, by comparison, about 5,700 people were in intensive care because of the crown.
As the head of the German Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI), Uwe Janssens, told the public service ARD, the increasing problems in intensive care units are due, among other things, to the fact that the working conditions and staff salary has decreased. There is no improvement, no growth.
Talking about the care sector, the situation may worsen again. This was criticized by Claudia Moll, a German Social Democrat (SPD) politician in charge of health, who said that people who work in such jobs only work when they are overworked, and they often come to work first. And later leave to do all the work.
Vaccination is the solution
The President of the World Medical Association, Frank Ulrich Montgomery, once again emphasized in a statement for the “Augsburger Allgemeine” newspaper that vaccination significantly reduces the risk of a severe course of the disease:
“We must do everything in our power to increase vaccination rates. If we achieve high levels of immunization of the population, the disease will have a much milder course, that is, people will not have to go to the hospital. Many who were not vaccinated They are still suffering seriously.” Montgomery said.
According to the Robert Koch Institute, at least 66.4 percent of the population in Germany has been fully vaccinated so far, and about 69.2 percent with at least one dose.
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