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After a phase of relaxation, the corona numbers have recently increased again slightly.
SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach sees Germany at the beginning of a third wave.
"We are not yet in the middle of the third wave of infections, but it has started and can no longer be stopped," he told the "Passauer Neue Presse".
With regard to the targeted incidence values, Lauterbach said: "I believe that if we get into the third wave so early, we will no longer be able to achieve the incidence number of 35 in many places."
According to Lauterbach, opening steps would have to be moved backwards.
The proportion of mutated variants in new infections is already so high that the next wave begins out of lockdown.
Spring won't help either, thinks Lauterbach.
“There are experts I don't even know who believe that the risk will decrease for seasonal reasons.
None of this will happen.
The better weather won't solve the problem.
The British variant B 1.1.7 is not pushed back by this.
The new variants of the virus will prevail. "
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When schools opened, Lauterbach warned beforehand to be careful.
"From my point of view, it would make sense to only open schools if the testing of children with antigen self-tests is guaranteed - and they are not yet approved," he told the newspapers of the "Funke Mediengruppe".
It must be possible to test the children in alternating lessons twice a week.
That is the prerequisite for a responsible return to face-to-face teaching.