A virologist believes that Spahn underestimates the corona virus
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“The doctors here feel left alone”
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– According to virologist Alexander Kekulé, the Ministry of Health does not correctly assess the seriousness of the situation in the spread of the novel corona virus. Kekulé demands entry controls and “comprehensive screenings”. – – – BThe health minister Jens Spahn (CDU) does not correctly assess the seriousness of the situation in the spread of the novel corona virus from the perspective of the virologist Alexander Kekulé. The Federal Ministry of Health continues to present the virus as more harmless than the flu, Kekulé said on Deutschlandfunk on Tuesday. However, the mortality rate for the flu is around 0.1 percent, for the novel corona virus, however, between 0.5 and 1.5 percent. “That means the virus is ten times more dangerous for those who get the infection,” warned the virologist. In addition, it is much more difficult to assess the risk group: Unlike the flu, the new type of coronavirus has so far not only been fatal for older or very young people, but also for middle-aged people. Kekulé had previously recommended entry controls and “area-wide screenings” to protect against the epidemic. Now the authorities would have to “quit the cigarette before it causes a forest fire,” warned the doctor. This is possible, for example, if every case of severe respiratory disease in Germany will be tested immediately for the coronavirus. Spahn takes part in a crisis meeting of European health ministers on the novel corona virus in Rome on Tuesday. Italy has invited to it after it has quickly become the largest source of the novel virus in Europe.“Smoke cigarette before it causes forest fire”
