In Frankfurt, infections with the corona virus have been detected in seven old people's and nursing homes.

The largest outbreak affects 51 residents of a home, but most of them are fully, i.e. double-vaccinated, said a spokeswoman for the health department.

As a result, the outbreaks this year were very different from last year.

The health department has found that a double vaccination already protects against severe courses and increased mortality.

Monika Ganster

Editor in the Rhein-Main-Zeitung.

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The health department also supports the recommendation of the Standing Vaccination Commission to offer a third vaccination to all seniors who are 70 years of age and older.

In addition, the authority offered all old people's and nursing homes the support of mobile vaccination teams for the refreshments.

Some homes have already implemented these vaccinations with the help of resident doctors, others want to use the mobile teams.

Tracking is getting harder

On the other hand, the situation at the schools in Frankfurt is comparatively relaxed, despite the crowd on buses and trains.

Individual cases of infection in schools were "identified very quickly and reliably, thus preventing outbreaks," said a spokeswoman.

In the future, in accordance with the new corona requirements of the state government, schools will again be tested three times a week instead of twice, so that infections can be discovered quickly.

The tracking of infection chains is becoming more and more difficult for the health department.

The backlog is still "within a tolerable range of a few days", but with increasing numbers of infections, acceptable follow-up will increasingly no longer be feasible, said the spokeswoman.

In particular, larger events, which are naturally much more anonymous than a company or family celebration, are a challenge for tracking infection chains.

After smaller 2-G events, it could be shown that people who had been completely vaccinated were apparently infected there and tested positive.

In view of similar incidents in Münster and Hamburg, where vaccinated and convalescent people (2G) were infected with each other, the health department would like a discussion about whether a mask requirement could be necessary at 2-G events in order to prevent infection.