Germany will experience the first endemic wave of the coronavirus this winter, predicts Christian Drossen.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Germany can be considered over. This is what the head of the clinic’s virology department said Charité in Berlin, Christian Drossen, who is a member of the coronavirus council under the German government, reports in Tagesspiegel.
“According to my assessment, this winter we are experiencing the first endemic wave of the coronavirus. This means that the pandemic is over,” he said.
According to him, by the end of winter, the immunity to the disease in the population of COVID-19 will be so broad and stable that the virus is unlikely to spread significantly in the summer.
The virologist called the next mutational jump the only limit, but for now such a scenario is unlikely.
He also commented on the current coronavirus situation in China.
“The big mistake in China is lack of awareness about vaccination among the population, especially among the elderly,” said the doctor.
Drossen added that the vaccination campaign in Germany and Europe as a whole is a decisive step in the fight against the pandemic. He also called the restrictions imposed due to the spread of COVID-19 “justified”.
“It was never about stopping the pandemic. From the very beginning it was clear that it was impossible. But if you did nothing at all, there would have been a million deaths or more in Germany before the spread of the Delta strain. Therefore, the human contact has to be limited “, he added.
It will be remembered that in Ukraine the quarantine imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic has been extended until April 30, 2023 until April 30, 2023.
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