Video conference call between the Federal Chancellor and the heads of government of the federal states on January 24, 2022
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The “omicron wave” has reached Germany: The new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (corona virus) is spreading very quickly and ensures that the number of new infections every day is increasing significantly and is now well over 100,000 new diseases per day lies. This also increases the 7-day incidence, i.e. the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the last seven days.
In their most recent statement of January 22, 2022, the members of the Federal Government’s Expert Council on COVID-19 point out that this rapid spread is due in particular to the fact that the protection against infection that existed for the previous variants was overshadowed by pre-existing immunity in the omicron variant is reduced. As a result, the proportion of the population susceptible to these corona infections has roughly doubled. At the same time, there is a regionally variable dynamic.
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