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From the point of view of an expert, the slowed development of the third corona wave in Germany cannot be directly explained by the corona “emergency brake”. "The 'emergency brake' cannot have had a direct impact on these figures, it has not been in force long enough for that," said the President of the German Society for Epidemiology, Eva Grill, when asked by the dpa. Research has indicated, however, that people are careful and have respect for what is happening. "It is possible that the discussion about the 'emergency brake' and the situation in the hospitals contributed to this."
At the same time, the vaccinations have now picked up speed, "maybe we can see effects here," says Grill. It is completely unclear whether rapid tests have also contributed. "As before, caution is advisable, but I am optimistic," said Grill with a view to the development of the infection process. According to the daily report of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) with data from the Divi intensive care register 5011 patients with Covid-19 are in intensive care units, 18 fewer than the day before.
Previously, the German intensive care physicians had drawn a positive balance of the nationwide "Corona emergency brake" in view of the falling number of infections.
"We are confident that the number of Covid-19 patients in the intensive care units will decrease - and that is directly related to the measures taken by the federal emergency brake, as well as the significant progress in vaccination," said the President of the German Interdisciplinary Association for intensive and emergency medicine (Divi), Gernot Marx, the Düsseldorf "Rheinische Post".
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The decline in infections will be visible in the intensive care units in a week, "we are convinced of that," said Marx.
"From our point of view, the federal 'emergency brake' was able to save many thousands of human lives."
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Hope that the third was the last wave of Covid
However, there is still no talk of relaxation in the intensive care units.
For a good week, a "plateau formation" has been observed in the number of corona patients in the intensive care units of around 5000 patients.
Nevertheless, he was confident: "We have justified hope that the combination of the federal 'emergency brake' plus an ongoing vaccination campaign will allow us to cope with the pandemic in the next few months, so that the third wave was also the last big wave of Covid patients."
The seven-day incidence in Germany has been falling for around a week. On Sunday morning it was 146.5. The nationwide Corona emergency brake came into force on April 24th. The brake is applied in areas where the seven-day incidence exceeds the limit of 100 new infections per 100,000 population. If this exists for three consecutive days, the measures will come into effect on the day after next, which include contact restrictions and a nightly curfew between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.