World medical chief Montgomery warns of easing the delta variant

The temptation to relax is great: In the sweaty temperatures, it would be useful to waive the mask requirement. And with the steadily decreasing number of infections, further opening steps would also be obvious. The Federal Council is now also considering easing the situation.

But this is exactly what the world physician chief Frank Ulrich Montgomery is now warning of. The 69-year-old strongly advises against hasty relaxation. The reason for the continued caution is the (Indian) Delta variant of the coronavirus. This spreads faster than previous versions of the pathogen – and is already causing the tough protective measures to return in several countries.