With regard to the vaccination sequence, the Stiko recommends the 6-step principle.
The government decided to divide them into four groups.
The coronavirus pandemic triggered the second lockdown in Germany, as the number of infections reached new highs in autumn and winter.
In order to contain the spread of Covid-19 *, it is mandatory to wear a mask in many public spaces such as public transport.
But the greatest hope lies in the vaccines against corona.
On December 21, the EU Commission approved the corona vaccine from Biontech and Pfizer.
The Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko) had presented the first plans for the sequence to be followed when vaccinating citizens.
The vaccination ordinance, which has been in force since December 2020, is based on these.
Update from January 7th, 2021
: The Corona vaccination regulation has been in effect since December 15th.
It regulates the order in which people should be vaccinated.
It is necessary mainly because there is currently not enough vaccine available for all those who want to be vaccinated.
Before the Federal Government's Vaccination Ordinance came into force, the Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko) at the Robert Koch Institute had spoken out in favor of a 6-step plan.
In the vaccination ordinance published by the government, 99 percent of these Stiko recommendations would have been adhered to, according to Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn.
However, some groups of people have been combined in order to be more flexible.
This resulted in a breakdown into four groups:
Group with "highest priority":
all over 80 year olds, residents and staff of nursing homes, employees of outpatient care services, staff in intensive care units, in emergency rooms and in the ambulance service belong to this first group who can receive the corona vaccination first if they want.
Group with "high priority":
According to the Federal Government, this second group includes people over the age of 70, people with trisomy 21, dementia patients, transplant patients, residents of homeless or asylum seekers accommodation and close contact persons of those in need of care and pregnant women as well as riot police.
The
third group
includes people over the age of 60, people with certain chronic illnesses, employees of the police, fire brigade, people in particularly relevant positions in government institutions as well as educators, teachers and employees in retail.
The
fourth group
includes all those who are not mentioned in the vaccination ordinance, as the Ärzteblatt informs.
Article of December 8, 2020
: The subject of "vaccinations" is a sensitive one.
And it regularly causes discussions, for example when there is a compulsory vaccination in the room.
With regard to the corona vaccination, the following currently applies:
There is no explicit compulsory vaccination planned,
but vaccination opponents must also ask the question: What can be more dangerous for me: A severe Covid 19 disease course or a vaccination with a clinically proven vaccine?
Many virologists like Christian Drosten from the Charité in Berlin see the vaccination as the only way to get back to normal - and to prevent hard lockdowns, travel restrictions and other Corona-related measures in the future.
Two vaccines are about to be approved in the European Union *: One candidate comes from the Mainz-based company Biontech and its US partner Pfizer.
The other vaccine was developed by the US company Moderna, as the Tagesschau informed.
According to the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the Moderna preparation should be approved in mid-January,
while
the Biontech
product will not be approved until the end of December at the earliest
.
It is considered certain that high-risk groups such as sick, old people and also medical staff should be vaccinated against Corona first.
The Standing Vaccination Commission has now submitted a proposal for a fixed sequence that provides for six categories.
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The Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko) at the Robert Koch Institute has created six categories into which it has classified the population according to urgency, as Tagesschau.de informs.
Age, previous illnesses and professional activity are primarily taken into account.
According to this, the following groups of people are assigned by the Stiko to the
first vaccination group with the priority "very high"
because they have a particularly high risk of severe or fatal Covid-19 courses or their job is associated with an increased likelihood of infection:
People over the age of 80
Residents and employees in nursing homes
Employees in the rescue service, in emergency rooms, on Covid-19 wards and medical staff who are in close contact with people who are particularly at risk
Nursing staff in the outpatient and inpatient area
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The second vaccination group, which was given the reference “high priority” in a Stiko publication
, includes people between 76 and 80 years of age, medical staff with an increased risk of infection such as dentists and paramedics, people with dementia or intellectual disabilities and their caregivers.
In the third vaccination group
, the
Stiko
sees the following groups of people: people between 71 and 75 years of age, people with previous illnesses, their closest contact persons, close contact persons of pregnant women and residents of asylum and homeless shelters.
Even medical staff who are exposed to a moderate risk (according to Stiko, this includes dermatologists and orthopedists) belong to the third vaccination group.
The fourth category includes people between the ages of 66 and 70
, people with previous illnesses and their contact persons, teachers, educators and employees who work in the meat processing industry or in parcel service distribution centers.
People between the ages of 60 and 65, employees in the armed forces, the police, the fire brigade, waste management and also employees in local public transport belong to the
fifth vaccination group
.
With the priority “slightly increased”, employees in retail also belong to the fifth category.
Stiko places all others in the
lowest category with low priority
.
The recommendation of the Standing Vaccination Commission is currently being checked for feasibility and usefulness.
An ordinance on the order of the vaccination groups is to be published in December, as informed by tagesschau.de.
(jg)
*
Merkur.de and wa.de are part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network.
More sources: https://www.aerzteblatt.de/nachrichten/119549/Schutzbeduerftige-zuerst-Regierung-etzt-Reihenhaben-fuer-Coronaimpfungen-vor;
https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/aktuelles/corona-imichtung-zulassung-1830894
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