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With stilt walkers, information flyers in different languages and free protective masks, Hamburg wants to combat the particularly high incidence of corona in parts of the city with a socially difficult situation.
It has been shown that in this phase of the pandemic the number of infections is particularly high there, said the science senator Katharina Fegebank (Greens), who is also responsible for the districts, on Thursday at the start of the campaign in Harburg.
The aim is to get close to people and provide information at a low level.
At the beginning of the pandemic, many ski vacationers brought the virus back to Altona or Eimsbüttel, said the senator.
“Now we are finding that districts with many children, districts with a difficult social situation are affected.” “Cramped living conditions” played a role, “but certainly also families where the working conditions are not suitable for home office”.
The high proportion of migrant residents is also taken into account, said Harburg district office chief Sophie Fredenhagen.
The language barrier is not always the main reason.
“We also have many migrants who have been here for generations and who have no language barrier.
Understanding and understanding are, I believe, two different things. ”That is why one works closely with initiatives and associations in the district as well as the mosque communities in order to reach as many people as possible.
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In addition, Harburg is "not only diverse, but also young," said Fredenhagen.
The proportion of adolescents and young adults in the total population in Hamburg is nowhere higher - at the same time, the virus does not spread faster in any other group.
And young people especially suffered from limitations.
According to Fegebank, the campaign in Harburg can serve as a model for other districts or city districts with a comparable structure.
“We also want to carry the elements to the center,” she said.
That is why they are also in talks with other district office managers.