Since almost all corona measures have been withdrawn, the epidemiologists at the RKI can only appeal to common sense. “It therefore remains very important to implement the existing recommendations and, if symptoms of a respiratory infection such as a runny nose, sore throat or cough occur – regardless of the vaccination status and regardless of whether a rapid test has been carried out – for three to five days and up to a significant Improvement of the symptoms to stay at home, to avoid contact, especially with older people and people with certain previous illnesses,” says the current Covid-19 weekly report.
In practice, however, this requirement is often difficult to implement, because the number of colds and coughing infections remains high. According to RKI estimates, around 8.4 percent of people in Germany contracted a new infection in the second week of March, which corresponds to around seven million people. “The value was in the upper range of the pre-pandemic years,” summarizes the RKI.