Health Minister Jens Spahn wants to set the vaccine regulation for Germany on Friday morning.
We report from the press conference in the live ticker.
The first people in Germany
are to be vaccinated
against the
coronavirus
*
this year
.
Health Minister Jens
Spahn (CDU), the Friday around 11:00
Impfverordnung
ago.
We report from the
press conference
in the
live ticker
.
Update from December 18, 12.50 p.m.:
The
European Union
could apparently have received more doses of the
vaccine
from
Biontech
and
Pfizer
than the 300 million units that were ultimately ordered.
As
Spiegel
reported on Friday,
Biontech offered
the
EU
up to 500
vaccine doses
.
The manufacturer
Moderna
also offered the EU more units than they ultimately ordered.
A spokesman for the EU Commission did not want to
comment
on the course of the negotiations with the
pharmaceutical companies
that the Brussels authority conducted on behalf of all 27 EU countries.
However, he said the goal was to have a broad portfolio of different providers with different technologies.
This would have increased the chances of
getting
an effective and inexpensive
vaccine
against the
coronavirus
.
SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach
suggested to
Spiegel
that Germany should get even more units of the
vaccine
: "Germany could also buy additional
vaccine
bilaterally directly from the companies
, and I think we should do that too."
Looking ahead, the consequence of this very relevant article by @derspiegel: buy more bilaterally from @moderna_tx and @BioNTech_Group.
Why wait for other vaccines when there are two near perfect ones for the first round?
https://t.co/Db8kDUaz0K
- Karl Lauterbach (@Karl_Lauterbach) December 18, 2020
Update from December 18, 12.20 p.m.:
With the
vaccine regulation signed
today, the schedule for
vaccinations
in the coming months is set.
At its core, the German population is divided into three groups, which can then be vaccinated one after the other.
However, the transitions between the
groups
are not always clear.
Group 1:
People over 80 years of age, the very elderly and people in need of care, medical specialists, especially in intensive care units, emergency rooms, emergency services, and in the outpatient care sector.
Group 2
: People over 70, people with dementia, people with trisomy 21, transplant patients, contact persons for people in need of care, residents of accommodation for the homeless or asylum seekers.
Group 3:
People over 60 years of age, people with chronic illnesses, employees “in particularly relevant positions in state institutions”, educators, employees in retail.
Update from December 18th, 11.30 am:
“Our goal is to
offer vaccinations
to
everyone who wants
.
But it will take a few months, ”announced the
Minister of Health
, ending the press conference immediately.
Coronavirus: Spahn justifies vaccine regulation: "Vaccination is not about appreciation"
Update from December 18, 11:23 am:
“As of today, we are assuming eleven to 13 million
vaccine doses
in the first quarter.
At the same time, there is a likelihood that
AstraZeneca
and
CureVac
will receive approval in the first quarter.
That would increase the amount even more, ”explains
Spahn
when
asked
about the amount of
vaccination doses
available
.
General
practitioners
are
not listed in the first group
in the
vaccination ordinance
.
If the Minister of Health has its way, however, it has nothing to do with a lack of
appreciation
.
“
Vaccination
is not about appreciation, but primarily about protection.
Someone with dementia cannot protect themselves as well as someone who is a medical professional in a practice.
I can see the
doctors
and
doctors
say we want it as soon as possible vaccinated, "said the minister to become loud accusations defends.
Update from December 18, 11:15 a.m .:
When the
vaccination of
the first group will be completed and there will be a transition to the second group, one cannot clearly determine, explains the
Minister of Health
: “These are fluid transitions.
We make an offer, but not everyone will want to be vaccinated.
We will
also have to adapt
the
regulation
regularly.
There may already be a new
vaccine
in January
- Moderna - then the regulation may have to be adjusted again. "
Spahn announces vaccine regulation and rejects criticism - "99 percent of recommendations adopted"
Update from December 18, 11.15 a.m.:
Spahn also
makes it clear once again that he has largely adhered to the requirements of the
Standing Vaccination Commission
(STIKO).
After the announcements on Friday morning, several media reports
accused
the
Minister of Health of
deviating from the experts' specifications.
The
STIKO
, which belongs to the
Robert Koch Institute
, recommended five groups that should be vaccinated one after the other.
However, the
vaccine regulation
only provides for three.
“Instead of five or six groups, there are four because we have brought together the groups that the STIKO has listed individually.
However
, we have adopted
the
STIKO
recommendations
to 99 percent, ”says
Spahn
, defending himself
against the criticism.
The
Minister of Health describes
all persons who would not fall into the first three groups
as the “fourth group”
.
Update from December 18, 11.12 a.m.:
Medical
professionals also
belong to the first group to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, the Minister of Health clarifies once again
when asked
.
However, one will start in the old people's and
nursing homes
.
There the risk of a fatal course of
Covid-19 is
greatest.
"Despite all the protective concepts, the risk of infection in the #care facilities cannot be reduced to zero & especially the very old have a very high risk of a severe, extremely serious or even fatal course." @Jensspahn at the PK on the # Coronavirus # vaccination ordinance.
- BMG (@BMG_Bund) December 18, 2020
Update from December 18, 11:10 a.m.:
Now the journalists present can ask their questions.
"We can expect that those who were first
vaccinated will
not immediately ask which rules no longer apply to them", replied
Spahn when
asked whether there will be privileges for vaccinated people.
"Then at some point we will have buses where some say I don't need any more and others wear a mask."
The
health
minister explains that such privileges are not explicitly provided by the state
.
These could only occur in private space.
For example, private individuals could consider only inviting people who are immune, suggests the
Minister of Health
.
Press conference in the live ticker: Spahn announces - "The winter will be long"
Update from December 18, 11:06 am:
"The winter will be long," warns the
Minister of Health
, but the
vaccine
gives hope.
"When the federal states start vaccinating on December 27, the offer will be limited and the order clearly defined," explains
Spahn
and asks the rest of the population to be patient.
“All those involved will work over Christmas to ensure that it really starts on December 27,” the
Health Minister concludes
his very brief statement.
Spahn decides on vaccine regulation: "At the beginning, not everyone can make this offer"
Update from December 18, 11:02 a.m.:
The
Minister of Health
enters
the room
with a slight delay
and begins his address.
“I'm going to
sign
the
vaccination ordinance
today
.
With this regulation, we regulate who and when someone is entitled to a vaccination, ”
Spahn
begins
.
“At the beginning, however, we cannot make this offer to everyone.” One will begin primarily in
care facilities
and old people's homes.
"Despite all the protection concepts, the risk in the care facilities cannot be reduced to zero," says
Spahn
.
Therefore, the first goal is to protect the weakest.
However, the
minister also
admits that “we will need at least one to two months to achieve this goal.” The range of
vaccination doses
was “limited” at the beginning.
"At the beginning of the #vaccination, we cannot make this offer to all citizens at the same time. There is not enough #vaccine for that. That's why we have to prioritize. This is regulated by the # Coronavirus- # vaccination ordinance," said @jensspahn.
- BMG (@BMG_Bund) December 18, 2020
Update from December 18, 10:53 a.m.:
In a few minutes,
Health Minister Jens Spahn will
step in front of the microphones in Berlin and present the
vaccination regulations
for Germany.
The Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) has
scheduled
the
press conference
at 11.00 a.m.
So the beginning is imminent.
Vaccination strategy in Germany: Health Minister Spahn gives press conference
Original message:
Berlin - Shortly after Christmas, the first people in Germany should
receive
the
vaccine
against the
Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus
received, at least if it comes to
Health Minister Jens Spahn
(CDU).
The last hurdle has to be the
vaccine
developed
by the German company
BioNTech
* in collaboration with the US pharmaceutical company Pfizer
previously approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
This should take place at the beginning of next week, then the Federal Republic would be ready for the first needle pricks.
Coronavirus: Health Minister Spahn presents vaccination regulations on Friday
The order in which the population
should receive
the
vaccination
is
particularly important
.
The corresponding
Impfverordnung
that will determine, among other things, this order will, Spahn on Friday morning around 11:00 pm at a
press conference
to present.
Early in the morning, the
Minister of Health
justified
the upcoming decisions in the
ZDF
morning
magazine
.
The
vaccinations
should therefore take place in three steps.
"We are now
starting
with people over 80, the
very
old,
those in
need of care
and those who look after them," says Spahn, explaining the first big step that
could take place
shortly after
Christmas
*.
“This group is already so large that
it will shape
the
vaccination process
in Germany for
the first time in the first few weeks
”, the
Minister of Health
explains
his decision.
For the rest of the population: "I just have to ask everyone else to be patient."
“We start #vaccinating with those who are particularly at risk: the very old, those # in need of care and those who care for them.
Everyone else has to be patient. “@Jensspahn in @morgenmagazin with @dunjahayali: https://t.co/sGDAB9a12m
- BMG (@BMG_Bund) December 18, 2020
Spahn explains German vaccination strategy against the coronavirus - "Where do we avoid fatal courses?"
These measures are primarily intended to protect those population groups for whom more severe courses of
Covid-19 are
to be expected.
"Where do we avoid
hospital admissions
, where do we avoid the most serious or even fatal courses," explains
Jens Spahn
.
In the second step, people aged 70 and over should then
receive
the
vaccination
.
In addition, there are other citizens who are expected to experience severe disease, as well as close contact persons for those in
need
of
care
and pregnant women.
In the third step, it is the turn of people over 60 years of age, as well as employees in “particularly relevant positions in state institutions”.
This should
include the
police
,
fire brigade
,
judiciary
and the
education sector
.
With the planned
vaccination ordinance
,
Spahn
apparently only partially
follows
the advice of the Standing Vaccination Commission of the Robert Koch Institute.
Among other things, this had suggested five instead of three groups that should be vaccinated one after the other.
+
Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) at a debate in the Bundestag.
© Bernd von Jutrczenka / dpa
Coronavirus: Spahn passes vaccination ordinance - "Vaccination is the way out of this pandemic"
From 11 a.m. onwards, the
Minister of Health
will also present
the
vaccination ordinance
publicly and answer journalists' questions on site.
However, Jens Spahn made it clear early in the morning that apart from
vaccination,
there was no strategy for combating the
pandemic
*: “Despite all the skepticism, reluctance, and all questions that I take seriously:
vaccination
is the way out of this
pandemic
. “
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