The Corona year 2020 could end with the first vaccinations against the insidious virus.
Now important details about the exact plan of Health Minister Jens Spahn have been leaked.
The new coronavirus has been affecting the world's population for nine months.
Now there are the first vaccines that are supposed to help.
A clear vaccination plan is being worked on in Germany - details are already emerging.
Munich - For months,
research
was carried out on a
vaccine
that
protects
against the
Sars-CoV-2 * coronavirus
.
There is now light at the end of the tunnel.
Two very promising variants received
approval
after successfully completing the test phases
: The active ingredient from the Mainz pharmaceutical company
Biontech *
and its US partner
Pfizer
has an outstanding protective effect of 90 percent, that of the US company
Moderna
even surpasses this result with 94.5 percent .
As has been the case since the beginning of the
corona pandemic
: don't lose any time!
That is why the
Ministry of Health is working
feverishly on a comprehensive vaccination plan.
After all, the first cans should already be ready in December - for many citizens the best
Christmas present *
.
Accordingly, a rush for the drug would be expected - but everything should run in a regular manner.
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Exemplary: Health Minister Jens Spahn only appears in public with mouth and nose protection.
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Coronavirus vaccine: 60 sites for administration are planned
How, that's what the
picture
wants to
know, which
reports
on a 24-page paper from the house of Health Minister
Jens Spahn
(article behind a payment barrier).
The newspaper was able to see a draft from November 11th, which is also to be discussed among the Prime Ministers.
A total of
60 locations for vaccination centers
nationwide are
planned, and every district and every urban district should have at least one.
Priority would have been given to the
risk groups
, which, according to Spahn, include 40 percent of German citizens.
Thereafter, the
medical staff can
benefit from the vaccination, even before other important professional groups such as
police officers, teachers or educators
.
Then it is the turn of the rest of the population.
It is said that Europe has secured more than
a billion vaccine doses
- from four different corporations.
Coronavirus vaccine: three phases of deployment in Germany
For Germany, the Spahn Plan aims
to achieve
“a high vaccination rate”
as
early as
2021
.
Whatever that means exactly.
A
distinction is made between
three vaccination phases
.
In 1a and 1b - when “little” or “more” vaccine is available -
people
should be
immunologized in vaccination centers
.
In phase 2 the “vaccine is widely available” - during this time “medical facilities, resident doctors, company doctors” should be named.
The focus of the paper is on the
equipment of the vaccination centers
and the exact procedure.
The use of
gymnastics, exhibition and concert halls as well as churches is
recommended for this purpose
.
A disadvantage of temporary accommodation such as
tents or construction containers
is that heating
facilities must be
guaranteed
in all vaccination rooms in winter
.
Nevertheless, the so-called “mobile structures that can be built up” are also being considered as options.
Coronavirus vaccine: There should be one-way streets in the centers
The prerequisite for the vaccination centers is that they should be
easily accessible, secured and equipped with lockable rooms
.
The example cited here is “material storage facilities with an ultra-low-temperature facility for vaccines”.
The centers should have
check-in and check-out
, so that one-way streets with fixed stations would be guaranteed.
Even before the entrance, "trained security personnel" will check every vaccine candidate for
symptoms of colds
.
If necessary,
fever can
be
measured
with a forehead thermometer
.
People with
corona symptoms * are
refused entry.
In addition, the general rule is:
nobody comes to the centers
without an
appointment
.
Due to
precipitation or cold, it
would have to be guaranteed that the queues were "weatherproof".
Coronavirus vaccine: A doctor can vaccinate up to 96 people a day
The centers themselves should be equipped with
"Corona-compatible waiting rooms"
, all rooms would have to be heated.
The entire
process of a vaccination
is strictly defined.
There are also clear regulations for logistics in the centers, the storage of vaccines and medical processes.
Each vaccination is
estimated to take
15 minutes
- five minutes each for registration and consultation.
A doctor can vaccinate up to 96 people a day.
After the vaccination there will be a period of “monitoring of general health status” to determine
possible side effects
.
A
second vaccination will
follow at a later point in time
, although no exact interval seems to have been established yet.
In any case, Germany alone needs
more than 160 million syringes
.
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Time for the vaccination plan: Several pharmaceutical companies are researching an active ingredient against Sars-CoV-2.
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Vaccine against coronavirus: Bundeswehr soldiers and students should also help
Basically,
bottlenecks in medical staff are
expected.
Therefore doctors, hospitals, public order and other offices as well as the
armed
forces
, medical services,
students from health professions and logistics
(for contact tracking) as well as aid organizations like the Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund or the German Red Cross are asked.
There are also plans to work with
mobile teams
that visit people in need of care and people who cannot come to the vaccination center alone.
This also includes refugees, the homeless or people with addictions.
In addition, professional groups from the healthcare sector, police officers and fire fighters could be
vaccinated in cohorts
- so not everyone would have to go to the vaccination center individually.
In addition to “mini-teams”, the mobile teams should also include “vaccination buses” and they are also connected to the vaccination centers.
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