The incidence in the 5 to 14 age group is the highest of all age groups.
Schools in Germany fear a new closure due to the high incidence in the age group between 5 and 14 years, which is twice that of the entire German population.
The president of the German Teachers Association (DL), Heinz-Peter Meidinger, said in statements to the network ntv that “uncertainty grows” and there is a “certain fatalism”, because a year ago, the same situation but with minor incidents led to the closure of schools.
“We have to do everything to avoid this time the closure of schools,” he claimed, while underlining the need for a “considerable immediate effort” to re-increase security measures in schools.
He alluded to the need for a mandatory mask in all schools, for educational centers to receive “once and for all” the air filters promised for use in classrooms, a comprehensive testing plan and, above all , to “a set of norms in which to orient oneself”.
He welcomed the fact that around 95% of the teachers are vaccinated and pointed out that “the big problem is rather the adults not vaccinated at home” and of course the minors and young people who are not immunized.
He added that the pending authorization of a vaccine for those under 12 years of age “would greatly increase safety in schools.”
He was hopeful by the fact that it has already been authorized in the United States and is being administered in this age group and convinced that once the European authorities give the green light, Germany will do the same.
He added that a recommendation from Germany’s Permanent Commission for Vaccination (Stiko) would naturally help facilitate a decision by parents to vaccinate their children.
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In Germany as a whole, new infections with coronavirus in one day shot up to a new daily maximum of 52,826, as did the cumulative incidence in seven days, which reached a record number of 319.5 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants.
Meanwhile, the incidence in the age group between 5 and 14 years, the highest of all age groups, stands at 658.8, according to data from the Robert Koch Institute of Virology.
The incidence in the group between 15 and 34 is 373.9; between 35 and 59, 333.6; between 60 and 79, 177.8; in those over 80, 166; and in minors from 0 to 4 years old, 193.4. (I)
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