German Disease Control Body Downgrades Coronavirus Risk Assessment
Germany’s disease control body, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), has downgraded its coronavirus risk assessment for Germany. Health Minister, Jens Spahn, and RKI head, Lothar Wieler, made the announcement in Berlin on Tuesday. The risk level will be downgraded from very high to high, Spahn said. On Dec. 11, it had been upgraded. In view […]
Germany’s disease control body, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), has downgraded its coronavirus risk assessment for Germany.
Health Minister, Jens Spahn, and RKI head, Lothar Wieler, made the announcement in Berlin on Tuesday.
The risk level will be downgraded from very high to high, Spahn said.
On Dec. 11, it had been upgraded. In view of the lower incidences, the falling infection figures and the easing of tension in intensive care units in Germany, this step was possible, he said.
“The situation is getting better, it is clearly improving, but we are still in the middle of this pandemic,” Spahn said.
Out of 412 districts, only four now have more than 100 people out of 100,000 infected with the coronavirus in the past seven days.
The so-called seven-day incidence rate was used as a key measure of infection rates in Germany.
