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The chairman of the World Medical Association, Frank Ulrich Montgomery, is calling for the hard lockdown to be extended until at least February.
"The current high number of infections will only lead to a significantly higher number of deaths in four to five weeks," he told the "Passauer Neue Presse" on Friday.
"That's why we will have to extend the lockdown further beyond January."
The goal of reducing the number of new corona infections to below 50 per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days will not be reached before January 20 - "if everyone strictly adhered to the restrictions," said Montgomery.
“It will certainly be later.” At the same time, the doctor questioned this target value set by the government.
“Better would be only 35 per 100,000,” he said.
Montgomery also advised avoiding family visits for Christmas.
“Maybe it's better to protect grandma and grandpa by not seeing them.
Then you have a higher guarantee that you can still meet them in the next year. "
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He also called for the easing to be carried out gradually.
“Even after the lockdown, you can't open everything immediately,” Montgomery warned.
“You have to open up very carefully and step by step.” A strategy is also required “how the country can slowly be woken up again”.
The lockdown is not "forever" sustainable.
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