COVID-19: The coronavirus pandemic is the major topic in countries worldwide. The media world speaks only of this pandemic, the new virus, or also “COVID-19”. Restaurants, public buildings, fitness studios, theaters, and cinemas are closing. Gradually, it is also affecting more and more companies and employers, who are forced to switch to home office. Here we have the most important information in short. The goal now is to “flatten the curve”, but what does that mean? What does the curfew mean? Where are there exceptions to the curfew? How can I get a free employer certificate for the commute to work for download?
Please contact the responsible health personnel if you believe you may be affected. Official information is always updated here: Federal Center for Health Education.
Special: Real Estate & Corona – Updates
Further articles and analyses on the topic of Real Estate in the Corona crisis:
The World Health Organization (WHO) explains that COVID-19 is a pandemic. This means: the entire world is affected. The virus affects the social and economic life of people worldwide. The coronavirus has spread in the Chinese province of Wuhan, and the number of infected people is increasing every day. The virus has spread in more than 150 countries, and the infection rate is steadily rising. It causes severe and acute respiratory problems in some infected individuals.
How is the real estate market developing? How should one invest during the crisis?
Corona Analysis 08/20 – now online
Now online – Real Estate Corona Crisis: Sale of House, Apartment, Apartment building, demand is rising, as shown by the trends. These days, many are talking about the second wave, which is now coming towards Germany and the whole world. Already at the beginning, at the start of the Corona pandemic, many economic and financial news reports warned that a wave of insolvencies would come towards us in the autumn. A logical consequence of insolvency is the loss of property, not only in the form of jewelry, cars or furnishings, of course, real estate will also be affected if the insolvency rate in Germany increases.
The trend analysis in the field of real estate sales (08/20) focuses on the rising demand. This is very clearly visible, among other things, at the main keyword “Sell property”. The charts and a look back at the last 12 months can be found a bit further down. Moderately increased, on average only 2 to 3 points, are the sales of houses and condominiums. There seem to be no major changes in the volume of search queries here.
Very noticeable, however, is the trend on the topic of “Sell apartment building”. As you will see in the individual analyses and charts shortly, the trend is rising sharply these days.
Such an exceptional situation was not expected by Germany, and the healthcare systems were not prepared in time for such exceptional circumstances. In Germany, for example, there are 25,000 ventilators. Normally, these are occupied to 80%. This means, theoretically, only 5,000 devices would remain for treatment. Why is ventilation so important? COVID-19 causes, among other things, the lungs to become stuck, which is why it is so important to ventilate patients. The more patients who need this inpatient treatment, the higher the utilization and the risk that the devices will not be sufficient.
Should this be the case, as for example in northern Italy, doctors must decide who receives treatment and who does not. Due to this selection, individual people have to be turned away, especially those whose recovery is less likely. No one wants to have to make this decision. In order to ease the situation, the current lockdown measures have been decided.
Two out of three infected people develop the coronavirus
So the infections do not spread quickly and the infection curve remains low, protecting hospitals from becoming overwhelmed. Through these measures, public health authorities and the entire infrastructure of national healthcare systems worldwide gain valuable time to respond to this crisis.
The problem with this virus is that you only realize the outbreak of the virus after 7 days. Accordingly, in the first days, you do not realize that you are already able to infect other people. Since the symptoms resemble a common cold, you should see a doctor as soon as you have a fever! While some infected people are severely affected, many other infected people do not notice any noticeable effects. Accordingly, they do not know that they are already carriers.
A few days ago, Chancellor Angela Merkel addressed the capital’s press in front of the cameras. In Berlin, she announced new measures. She announced tightened measures to contain infections with COVID-19. Full curfews will not be imposed. However, there are restrictions that every citizen must adhere to. People may only go outside alone. Sports, shopping, and walks may only be done with a maximum of 2 people or people from the same household. Furthermore, meeting with more than 2 people is not allowed, neither in public nor in private spaces. Those who do not comply with the current regulations can expect a fine.
People may only go outside alone for walks, sports, etc. Exceptions are 2 people or people from the same household
Gatherings with more than 2 people are prohibited and are currently even punishable, in public and private spaces
There are exceptions such as the way to the supermarket, pharmacy, or also the way to work
Tips: How can you help?
People who are currently on vacation or short leave, or who are no longer able to work because their business is closed, are trying to help people in quarantine. They go shopping for them and carry out important tasks. If you, however, have little time to do something good for your fellow human beings, the following points can already help you protect yourself and your fellow human beings. You can help the most by adjusting your own behavior:
Keep your distance from others
You should stay home as often as possible. This especially means limiting personal meetings with older or chronically ill people – for their protection
Avoid handshakes and hugs
3 Dangers of COVID-19
The course of this illness varies from person to person. That is why it is so difficult to assess on your own whether you have a “simple” cold or are carrying the coronavirus. While older people, people with pre-existing conditions of the heart and lungs, liver diseases, cancer patients, or patients with a weakened immune system must be particularly careful, no one else is protected from the virus either.
It takes 7 days until the virus manifests in the body. During these 7 days, you yourself are not aware of the already occurred infection.
Minimizing the risk of overloading hospitals (reducing the infection curve)
In a large part of the infected, no signs of illness symptoms appear even after the 7 days, so they remain virus carriers without knowing it.
What are the legal framework conditions for curfews?
To combat infectious diseases, orders and prohibitions can generally be issued based on the IfSG. The 16 federal states are responsible for enforcing the resulting requirements.
Exceptions to curfews
The competent authority can include exceptions in its orders, which must be as specific as possible. The first general order nationwide issued by the district of Tirschenreuth, for example, explicitly includes the following exceptions, among others:
Essential delivery traffic
Purchases and basic supplies within the city area
Visits to doctor’s offices, medical supply stores, etc., as well as visits to pharmacies
Commute to and from the workplace with a certificate from the employer
Visits to post office branches and gas stations
COVID-19 – what is it? The virus in detail
After the most important information, we have many more important details about the coronavirus and its course here. Are all coronaviruses dangerous for humans? Are there comparable examples to COVID-19? We have the answers.
Which people are most at risk?
Everyone should not take it lightly and assume they will stay healthy. In particular, two groups of people are at risk with the coronavirus:
People over the age of 60
People with pre-existing conditions
The virus is dangerous to different age groups to varying degrees. The mortality rate is relatively low for people under 60 years of age. On the other hand, the mortality rate rises quickly among older people. Therefore, people over 60 years of age bear the highest risk. In addition to this group, people with pre-existing conditions are particularly at risk. People with hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, and cancer are significantly more at risk compared to healthy individuals. It becomes dangerous when both factors come together: advanced age and pre-existing conditions. Unfortunately, the group of older people often suffers from one or more illnesses. This makes the situation very personal, even for each individual: one’s own grandmother, one’s own grandfather, one’s parents.
Are there comparable examples to COVID-19?
Examples from recent history include the severe acute respiratory syndrome “SARS” in 2003 and the also known as “MERS” acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2012 in the Middle East.
Is the coronavirus dangerous to humans?
Viruses are part of our everyday life, they are widespread and integrated in humans and animals. The coronavirus, as described above, typically causes an infection of the upper respiratory tract, like a cold. Many infected people often do not even notice that they are already affected by the virus.
Since one cannot become immune to this virus, there is a possibility that most people will be infected by these viruses once or multiple times.
An infection with the human coronavirus usually resolves on its own, while others feel very unwell, up to severe illnesses. Particularly older people and individuals with pre-existing conditions are at risk.
Rarely, coronaviruses that infect animals can develop into a new human coronavirus.
Seasonal factors have caused the number of new influenza infections to rise again. According to the RKI (as of 17.03.2020), over 145,000 people in Germany fell ill with the flu since last autumn. 247 died from it. During the flu season 2017/18, 25,100 people died. According to the RKI, this is as many as have died in the last 30 years.
According to current data from Johns Hopkins University as of 19 March 2020, 12,327 people in Germany are infected with Sars-CoV-2. 28 people have died from the consequences so far. Worldwide, 218,815 infected people are known, and 8,810 deaths due to COVID-19.
China: Where is Wuhan?
The outbreak of the coronavirus began in Wuhan (China). The virus spread rapidly worldwide. On 11 March, the WHO (World Trade Organization) officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Two out of three people infected with the virus experience symptoms.
What does CFR (case fatality rate) mean?
In China war der Gesamt-CFR in der Anfangsphase des Ausbruchs sehr hoch. CFR steht im englischen für “Case fatality rate”, auch “Letalität”. Sie bezeichnet die “Tödlichkeit” einer Erkrankung. Genauer bezeichnet sie die Erkrankung oder Vergiftung beziehungsweise die Wahrscheinlichkeit, an einer Krankheit zu sterben. Die CFR berechnet also das Verhältnis der Todesfälle zur Anzahl der Erkrankten bzw. Vergifteten.
Insbesondere dadurch, dass hier keine Vergleiche vorlagen und es keine Vorlaufzeit gab. Anfangs lang die CFR bei 17.3%, das heißt im Schnitt ist 1 von 6 Menschen gestorben. Die CFR wurde dank besserer Ausrüstung, Tests, Vorsichtsmaßnahmen und einer allgemeinen Verbesserung des Behandlungsstandards bis zum 1. Februar auf 7% gesenkt. Das bedeutet, dass mit der richtigen Kontrolle der Zustand stabilisiert werden kann.
Prevent viruses: Handwashing as prevention
Um zu allererst Dich zu schützen und des Weiteren Deine Mitmenschen vor Ansteckungen zu bewahren, solltest Du die Tipps des Bundesministerium gründlich beachten. Dazu gehört gründliches Händewaschen in 5 Schritten:
Keep your hands under running water
Seife Die Hände gründlich ein
Thorough handwashing takes 20 to 30 seconds
Pay attention to: palms, backs of hands, fingertips, spaces between fingers and thumbs as well as fingernails, which are often forgotten
Rinse hands under running water
Carefully dry hands
Information on the Coronavirus: current
Please contact the responsible health personnel if you believe you may be affected. Official information is always updated here: Federal Centre for Health Education.
Coronavirus Hotlines
As soon as you notice the symptoms of the Coronavirus in yourself, contact your family doctor by phone. In addition, you can reach the medical on-call service at 116117 and ask about further steps.
Independent Patient Advisory Service Germany – 0800 011 77 22
German Federal Ministry of Health (Citizen Hotline) – 030 346 465 100
General first information and contact referral – Authority number 115
Consultation service for deaf and hard of hearing people – Fax: 030 / 340 60 66 – 07 info.deaf@bmg.bund(dot)de / info.deaf@bmg.bund(dot)de
Sign language telephone (video telephony) – https://www.gebaerdentelefon.de/bmg/
