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According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), around 9.5 million Germans took sick leave recently, a figure significantly higher than during the COVID-19 outbreak more than two years ago.
While measures to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic are being phased out, the number of seasonal flu patients in Germany is still at a 3-year high.
According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), around 9.5 million Germans took sick leave recently, a figure significantly higher than during the COVID-19 outbreak more than two years ago.
According to health insurer DAK (Germany), more people applied for sick leave due to respiratory infections in November than at any time in the past 3 years.
The RKI report shows that compared with November 2021, the number of cases of common respiratory infections (common colds including runny nose, cough, and sore throat) has increased by more than 30%, or even doubled. November 2021 or COVID -19.
The RKI estimated 2 million hospital visits for respiratory illnesses, a number previously only seen at the peak of flu outbreaks.
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The latest statistics show that as many as 4,000 people need medical treatment per 100,000 people in the East German state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, followed by Berlin and Brandenburg with 2,800 and 100,000 people respectively. Bavaria, respectively, with 100,000 people. 2600/100,000 people. . Saxony-Anhalt had the lowest number of hospitalizations, also 1,900/100,000.
A large number of employees took sick leave, which also caused many kindergartens to close or reduce work. Administrative procedures are time-consuming and training is interrupted or even canceled due to lack of staff. particle. .
Die Zeit reports that workers and emergency services in Germany face continued disruption, with more than one in 10 employees taking sick leave.
Some health experts in Germany have attributed the high number of sick people to a “catch-up effect” — people go flu-free for a while, partly because of protective measures and social distancing. festival. Society during the COVID-19 pandemic can get it now.
The number of intensive care beds in Germany has surged in recent weeks, according to the German Interdisciplinary Association for Emergency and Intensive Care (Divi). Beds in intensive care centers for children with acute respiratory infections in some states are already full.
