Germany warns a new version of coronavirus as deadly as Delta

As the number of virus infection continues to decline in Germany, the federal health minister warns of extremely dangerous new mutations.

Federal Health Minister Carl Lauterbach told the newspaper “Bild am Sonntag” that Germany is preparing for mutations and new versions of the corona virus. According to him, the highly contagious omicvaritant can become as deadly as Delta.

And this would be an absolute “killer” variant.” Lauterbach said the intervals in which new variants replace older ones are becoming shorter, adding that Germany has ordered vaccines that protect from omitron variants.

Lauterbach said our “goal is to have as many vaccines as possible for each citizen, regardless of which variant appears. Soon we will have vaccines for both the omics and the delta version. ”

In the meantime, it seems that over the past seven days, the number of corona infections in the country has continued to decline. The Robert Koch (RKI) Institute reported that the following week there were 834.3 new infections for 100,000 residents. By comparison: The day before, the value was 876.5 and two weeks ago, even 1097.9.

However, regarding the week we left behind, it should be considered that because of holidays for the Easter holiday, the laundry has not reported any records for all days of the week. So it is possible that in the days ahead, the number of new infections will rise again. /DW/