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The virologist Christian Drosten has once again warned urgently against easing the corona pandemic too early.
"We cannot expect much civil protection through the vaccination for the period up to Easter," said the Charité scientist in the "Coronavirus Update" podcast at NDR-Info on Tuesday.
The focus is on protection for the risk groups.
Even if the vaccinations reduce mortality, reducing the number of cases remains essential for him.
Drosten emphasized where and how quickly you loosen up.
There is "a big cause for concern".
He spoke of a scenario in which the more than 23 million people of the 40 to 60-year-olds group of more than 23 million people could develop numerous serious illnesses - if it was relaxed too early and these people were not yet adequately protected, for example through vaccinations.
After the federal and state vaccination summit, Drosten was "very positively surprised" by the prospect of an increase in vaccine doses over the course of the year.
“The situation is much better than I thought days ago.
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