Health Minister Jens Spahn shows a lot of understanding for Corona demos in an interview, but insists on immunity cards.
- Health Minister Jens Spahn underlines his plans for immunity identification in an interview
- Spahn shows understanding for criticism of curtailment of freedom rights
- At the same time, a survey shows that the health authorities are overwhelmed with the corona tests
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Berlin - Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn continues to believe that the immunity card is correct and important. In an interview with the editorial network Germany he justifies his measure, but also showed understanding for the criticism. "We need more time as a society to debate this issue," he says. "That's why I asked the Ethics Council for an opinion."
A public debate is necessary and will be conducted, Spahn emphasizes further. "It would be very worrying if this controversy did not exist." Appropriate understanding also expressed for demonstrations : He thought it would be disproportionate to dissolve them. “In the long term, we do n't keep the virus at bay with compulsion. This only works if the citizens want to participate, if they want to protect each other, if they want to take care of each other. "
Jens Spahn insists on proof of immunity: other countries are already demanding the same
However, he is still sticking to his plan to introduce an immunity card. In an interview with the editorial network Germany ( RND ), he referred to the measures that other countries have already taken *. "Other states are already planning to make entry dependent on such proof of immunity in the future," he says. That already exists with other infectious diseases , such as yellow fever. "The solution cannot be that our citizens can no longer travel to such countries," adds Spahn.
In Germany there are also the latest court rulings , according to which not every person entering Germany is automatically declared a danger and should therefore be forced into quarantine , Spahn said in an interview with RND . German society therefore does not get around a debate about such measures - although the WHO advises against immunity certificates and points out that it is far from proven whether one is permanently immune after being infected with Covid-19 .
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Jens Spahn emphasizes the performance of the counties - survey, however, shows excessive demands
But then the conversation reaches the maximum limit of 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants. Spahn said: "This value does not mean that the counties will only become active." They have been taking care of every infected person for weeks, tracking every contact and trying to break the chain of infection .
They are probably trying to do that. But as a survey by the NDR and WDR shows, the health authorities are still not up to the requirements of the decision of March 25th. The staff is simply missing . The broadcasters had contacted all health authorities, more than 380 in total, 178 replied in writing.
The result : 119 city and country districts (67 percent) do not have enough employees. Only in 21 counties (12 percent) are all " Category 1 " contact persons tested for the corona virus. Interesting additional information: Eleven of these districts are located in Baden-Württemberg , where the state government has financed the tests . The health insurance companies only bear the costs for people who show symptoms. Spicy: According to the WDR and NDR, none of the Bavarian health authorities responded.
How strictly are the contacts of corona infected people checked? A survey by NDR and WDR has shown that more than 60 percent of health authorities cannot meet the requirements. https://t.co/s9lZSVqV0a
- WDR news (@WDRaktuell) May 14, 2020* Merkur.de is part of the Germany-wide Ippen-Digital editors network.
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