Delta Mutation: “Full Vaccination Protects”

Fears of a new lockdown from the fall due to the Delta mutation are expressed in many countries, including Greece. “The full vaccination protects against the Delta variant” of the key member of the new coronavirus, assured the head of the “Robert Koch” Institute Lothar Wheeler, while German Health .

“We know that fully vaccinated people are protected from serious complications of the Delta variant,” Mr Wheeler told a news conference, urging citizens to “receive full vaccination protection”. The head of the Institute described as a “very good, satisfactory development” the reduction of cases per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days to 6.2, but warned that “Delta” is extremely contagious and continues to spread.

Delta mutation: “The fourth wave depends on us”

For his part, Mr. Span, in the same press conference, expressed his concern about the increase in cases of this variant and, answering a question about whether Germany is going to a fourth wave of the pandemic in the fall, he said characteristically: “It depends on us. The Germans can enter the summer with confidence. “But an overly carefree summer is not allowed to turn into an autumn of worry.” He added that the rules of protection and hygiene should continue to be applied consistently, especially indoors, according to the correspondent of APE-MPE in Germany.

However, according to today’s poll by the Wahlen Research Group published by Bild, 67% of Germans estimate that there will be a new wave of pandemic. 63% of respondents consider the measures taken to be correct, while 16% believe that the measures should be made even stricter and 19% describe them as “excessive”.

In another poll, for the first channel of German public television ARD, 53% of respondents say they plan this year’s vacation differently than before the pandemic – either by discarding some areas or choosing destinations with road access.