Baden-Württemberg: Panel of experts: Ministry plans corona measures for autumn

Together with experts from science and the health system, Minister Lucha would like to define the pandemic management for the fall.

Baden-Württemberg: Panel of experts: Ministry plans corona measures for autumn

Together with experts from science and the health system, Minister Lucha would like to define the pandemic management for the fall. The new corona infections are meanwhile increasing again significantly in the summer.

Stuttgart (dpa / lsw) - What's next in terms of Corona? In order to discuss the measures for the coming autumn and to define the current situation, the Ministry of Health will again hear a number of experts on Friday (12 p.m.). The epidemiologist from the State Health Office, Stefan Brockmann, as well as representatives of the municipalities and the public health service, take part in the online exchange between Minister Manne Lucha (Greens).

Representatives of the university hospitals in Tübingen, Heidelberg and Freiburg have also been invited to make a forecast of the situation in autumn. The Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, the Hospital Society and the State Medical Association will report on the preparations in the healthcare system.

The number of new corona infections has also been increasing again in the southwest since the end of May. The nationwide seven-day incidence has now passed the 500 threshold. This means that more than 500 people per 100,000 inhabitants were newly infected with the corona virus within a week. The number of deaths related to the virus and Covid patients in the clinics is also increasing again.