In the live ticker, NDR.de will also inform you today – on Saturday, January 22, 2022 – about the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic for Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Hamburg. You can see yesterday’s events in the Blog from Friday read.
The essentials in brief:
Patient advocate Brysch calls for priority for risk groups in PCR tests
MV: New report indicates infections in children and adolescents
Lower Saxony’s Minister of Justice for accelerated proceedings for criminal offenses at Corona demos
Federal and state health ministers are advising on how to proceed
Confirmed new infections in the North: 4,608 in Schleswig-Holstein, 10.461 in Lower Saxony – 135,461 new cases nationwide
Tables and graphics: This is how the vaccination campaign works in the north Map: New infections in the north German counties
10:31 a.m
MV: New report shows infections in children and adolescents
The number of new corona infections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania has reached a record level for a few days. Daycare centers and schools in particular are seeing a sharp increase in the number of cases. The State Office for Health and Social Affairs (LAGuS) had previously reported the infection rate at these facilities in a daily special report – the “Report on the Corona Numbers in Schools and Daycare Centers”. Since Friday, LAGuS has been publishing a status report that no longer only shows the number of cases in schools and daycare centers, but also, among other things, the seven-day incidence of new infections broken down by age group. Doubts and criticism of the published data had previously been raised.
Doubts had been raised about the figures originally reported. The actual incidence of infection in young people is higher, according to the criticism. more
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10:01 a.m
10,461 new infections registered in Lower Saxony
The Robert Koch Institute has reported 10,461 new corona infections in Lower Saxony. Yesterday it was 11,332, today a week ago 6,298. The seven-day incidence of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants rose to 621.2 – the day before it was 571.2. According to the RKI, eight other people in Lower Saxony died from or with Corona – eleven deaths were reported a week ago today.
The RKI also reports 10,461 new infections. Further indicators such as the rate of intensive care bed occupancy can be found here. more
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09:20 a.m
Patient advocates call for priority for risk groups in PCR tests
Eugen Brysch, board member of the German Foundation for Patient Protection, warned against discrimination against people who are considered a risk group in view of the shortage of PCR tests: “The very old, those in need of care, the seriously ill and their relatives must come first in the PCR test “Brysch told the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung. The core of all pandemic measures is the protection of the most vulnerable people. “Now only giving priority to professional groups in the laboratory tests cannot meet this requirement,” said Brysch with a view to the Corona summit on Monday, at which a decision is to be made on a new test strategy. The federal and state governments would have to “unmistakably regulate the prioritization of those at risk in the test regulation,” demanded Brysch. “Because they are also responsible for the much too low PCR test capacities.” The patient advocate also suggested that younger and therefore less vulnerable people should in future be granted infected or recovered status without a PCR test in order to counteract the shortage. The citizen tests are sufficiently accurate.
8:18 a.m
Lower Saxony: Havliza for accelerated procedure for criminal offenses at Corona demos
In the case of criminal offenses at Corona demonstrations, the accelerated procedure should be used more intensively in the Lower Saxony judiciary. “The public prosecutor’s offices were asked to use the accelerated procedure in suitable cases. Then a judgment should be reached as quickly as possible,” said Minister of Justice Barbara Havliza of the German Press Agency. “Those affected should feel that their behavior has immediate consequences. That would definitely be a signal,” says the CDU politician. As an example of the possibility of using an accelerated procedure, she cited the injuring of police officers at a demonstration. According to the ministry, the time between the crime and the trial is reduced to a minimum in the accelerated procedure. In this way, perpetrators of minor crimes can be countered effectively. This prevents perpetrators from going into hiding, for example.
7:35 a.m
135,461 new corona infections reported in Germany
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has reported a significant increase in the nationwide seven-day incidence and a new high. The RKI currently gives the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants per week as 772.7. Yesterday the value was 706.3, on Saturday a week ago it was 497.1. The health authorities in Germany reported 135,461 new corona infections to the RKI within one day. A week ago today there were 78,022 infections. Experts expect that there will be more cases, but these have not yet been recorded for capacity reasons. Across Germany, 179 further deaths in connection with a corona infection were recorded. A week ago it was 235.
06:55 am
Federal and state health ministers are discussing the corona situation today
Two days before the next top-level round of federal and state governments on the corona situation, the health ministers of the federal states and Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) are discussing how to proceed in the pandemic. According to the responsible Magdeburg Ministry of Social Affairs, the agenda for the video conference includes compulsory vaccination, dealing with the recovered status and general measures with regard to the Omicron variant. On Monday, the heads of government of the federal states will meet with Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) for new consultations.
In view of the increasing Omicron numbers, the federal and state governments have adjusted the measures again. What’s new? What applies in Northern Germany? more
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6:45 a.m
Service: Determine the incidence value for your place of residence
The seven-day incidence of new corona infections is also in motion in northern Germany. If you want to know what the situation is in your city or district, simply enter your postal code here.
6:40 a.m
Schleswig-Holstein: seven-day incidence now over 900
The seven-day incidence of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in Schleswig-Holstein has clearly exceeded the 900 mark. According to the state registration office, the number climbed to 934.5 – after 896.1 the previous day. A week earlier, the seven-day incidence was around 650. At 4,608, the number of new infections registered is slightly lower than on the previous days. Most recently, over 5,000 new cases were reported within 24 hours. The hospitalization incidence, which is important for corona measures, rose again – to 6.29 (previous day: 5.87). There are currently 326 patients suffering from Covid-19 in the hospitals (+11).
06:35 a.m
Distribution of corona test kits causes irritation in Hamburg
In Hamburg there is apparently a dispute about the use of a rapid corona test, which the city has purchased en masse. After the Genrui test kits often caused false positive results in schools, they are no longer used there. Now the police and fire brigade are getting the self-tests, which are controversial because they are allegedly unreliable. Heiko Runge from the German fire brigade union told the Hamburg Journal on NDR television that the city “apparently has not procured enough reasonable tests”. In other countries, approval for the criticized tests has already been withdrawn. 30,000 tests from another manufacturer that had already been delivered to the fire department had now been picked up and allegedly distributed to the school authorities. The social authority only announced that initial stocks would have to be used up first. According to the authorities, a second quick test is now permitted as a further reaction if there are doubts about the first test result.
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6:33 a.m
Corona and the North: News via newsletter mail
The Corona crisis has drastically changed life in northern Germany. With the NDR Newsletter you will stay up to date even in these turbulent times. We bundle the most important events of the day, explain new scientific findings and tell stories of everyday heroes. In addition, we address important topics from the North apart from the pandemic. The free NDR newsletter is sent out every afternoon from Monday to Friday.
Especially in times of the corona pandemic, NDR.de remains your reliable source of information. The NDR newsletter keeps you up to date on events from the north every day. more
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6:30 a.m
NDR.de wishes you a nice Saturday
Good morning from the editors of NDR.de! With our live ticker, we want to keep you up to date on the effects of the corona pandemic in northern Germany today – on Saturday, January 22, 2022. Here you will find all the important news as well as content from the NDR radio and television programs. Yesterday’s news and events can be found in the Read Friday’s blog.
FAQ, podcast and background
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