Heat Ticker. Tomorrow in parts of Switzerland over 35 degrees +++ forest fires in southern Europe continue to rage.

It’s also going to be hot in Germany this week. On Tuesday, temperatures above 35 degrees will be reached, in the west up to 40 degrees, as the German weather service announced. It is also expected to remain hot in large parts of southern Europe. In western France, the highest heat warning level applies, Italy expects another heat wave. In Portugal and Spain, on the other hand, the situation might slowly ease.

In view of the expected weather conditions, the Marburger Bund medical association is calling for a national heat protection plan and an information campaign. “Politicians must significantly expand their efforts for protective measures in heat phases,” said the chairwoman Susanne Johna of the editorial network Germany (RND). Cities and municipalities need heat protection plans so that senior citizens’ facilities or hospitals can better prepare for heat waves, “preferably regulated by a national heat protection plan”.

Concrete rules of conduct are also important, “for example through an information campaign by the Federal Agency for Civic Education”. “Further training courses on heat-related illnesses, the storage of medicines at the right temperature” or “building adaptations” are necessary.