Steiner: “The isolation at home has an impact on the psyche of the students”
The schools have to stay open as long as possible, even in view of the sharp increase in the number of infections, emphasized the Zurich education director Silvia Steiner to SRF 4 News. “We will do everything we can to prevent a switch to distance learning,” said the President of the Cantonal Education Directors. Because: “The isolation at home has bad psychological effects on students.” Distance learning is an absolute worst-case scenario that should be avoided as far as possible.
Nevertheless, temporary distance learning cannot be completely ruled out for individual schools in the near future. Steiner relies on the mask requirement in schools throughout Switzerland, on ventilation concepts and hygiene regulations as well as the various test regimes.
Steiner: “Do everything so that no distance learning is necessary”
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Infections in Germany continue to increase
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reports 25,255 new corona infections within 24 hours. That is 6737 more cases than on Monday a week ago, when 18,518 positive tests were reported. The nationwide seven-day incidence rises to 375.7 from 362.7 the previous day. The value indicates how many people per 100,000 inhabitants have contracted the coronavirus in the past seven days. 52 other people died related to the virus. This increases the number of reported deaths to 114,029 within one day. In total, more than 7.53 million corona tests have so far been positive in Germany. The number of corona intensive care patients in hospitals fell further to 3,242 on Sunday.
The increase in numbers that has been visible for days is mainly attributed to the spread of the highly contagious virus variant Omikron, which has already caused highs in other European countries and the USA. In Germany, the focus is still clearly in northern Germany.
Israeli Covid officer warns against carelessness or even deliberate infection
The Corona Commissioner of the Israeli government, Salman Zarka, sees reason for cautious optimism worldwide despite the approaching omicron wave. “The virus will not stop us in the long run,” Zarka tells the editorial network Germany (RND). “We will get our lives back – but not exactly as it was before.” In the long run, greater vigilance will be required than before. “Masks will continue to play a role in some situations, vaccinations will be indispensable, and life between waves will be easier than when the incidence of a new variant rises again. Then it will not be advisable to go to a football stadium or to a big party. “
Zarka advises against relying on conscious infections in the current wave of Omikron and thus striving for herd immunity: “Nobody knows what will come after Omikron. Many people in South Africa were infected with Delta – that didn’t protect them from being attacked by Omikron later. “
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In the future, greater vigilance will be necessary – and mass events are probably not advisable in some situations, says the Israeli Covid officer.
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Australia breaks the million barrier in cases of infection
According to official data, Australia has more than a million corona infections. The states of New South Wales and Victoria together report around 55,000 positive tests. This brings the total number of infections since the beginning of the pandemic to 1.03 million.
Other states and territories will not be reporting their numbers until later this day. The country was able to control the spread of the virus for almost two years with the closure of national borders and lockdowns. After easing restrictions, Australia is currently battling an outbreak of the highly contagious Omicron variant.
Italy: From today, expansion of the 2G rule – tourism affected
As of today, further restrictions affecting travel will apply in the southern neighboring country. The 2G rule now applies in hotels, convention centers, restaurants, ski lifts and local and long-distance transport. In terms of traffic, this affects not only city buses, but also trains, ferries and flights.
The Council of Ministers under Prime Minister Mario Draghi agreed on the rules at the end of last year. The government of the country with around 60 million inhabitants reacted to the sharp rise in the number of new corona infections. The most recently officially determined seven-day incidence was a record high nationwide with an average of 1,669 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
The most important of the last few hours
Good morning, we welcome you to a new week and a new live ticker about the latest on the corona crisis. These are the most important messages of the past few hours:
- Thousands of people have weekend in the Czech Republic against the corona measures demonstrated. The former government under the multi-billionaire Andrej Babis had decided that vaccination against Covid-19 was mandatory for all people aged 60 and over and for certain professional groups. It should come into force in March. The new liberal-conservative cabinet under Prime Minister Petr Fiala has not yet decided whether it will hold on to it or abolish the compulsory vaccination.
- In the discussion of a Shortening the current quarantine period has Manuel Battegay a clear opinion from the University Hospital Basel: “Yes, very clearly. The virus is circulating and we cannot stop this with a ten-day quarantine. ” This is what the infectiologist told SRF.
- Several Health directors are calling for the quarantine to be shortened in view of the rapidly increasing number of cases. It would therefore be very easy to imagine that the Federal Council on Wednesday a shortening of the quarantine decides, estimates Nathalie Christen, editor of the SRF Bundeshaus.
The live ticker with the news from the last week can be found here.