Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) will comment on his vaccination policy in a government statement on Wednesday.
Before that there was criticism - also from the coalition partner SPD.
Jens Spahn (CDU)
presents himself to the Bundestag in a government statement on Wednesday, January 13th.
There had previously been criticism of the health minister's corona vaccination campaign.
Chancellor *
Angela Merkel
stands behind Spahn in advance and provides information about the vaccine * stocks.
Update January 13, 8:22
: This Wednesday is the Federal Health Minister wants
Jens Spahn (CDU)
in the Federal Press Conference
(we will report at this point in the live Ticker)
the
vaccination policy
of the Federal Government explain - now for a foray
Markus Söders (CSU )
Another point was heavily debated on Tuesday: Should there be
compulsory vaccination
?
Bavaria's Prime Minister had
requested
this for
nursing staff
in homes.
The Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) calls again for a debate about a mandatory vaccination for care workers in old people's and nursing homes.
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- ZDF Morgenmagazin (@morgenmagazin) January 12, 2021
But Spahn confirmed on Wednesday morning on
Deutschlandfunk
: “I gave my word in the Bundestag: In this pandemic there will be no compulsory vaccination.
And that applies. ”The federal government relies on arguments, information and trust in the vaccine.
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Jens Spahn (left) gives Markus Söder a clear rejection on one point in the Corona timetable (archive picture).
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Jens Spahn asks MPs to support the Corona vaccination campaign - Merkel calls for: "Don't nag"
Our first report from January 12th
: Berlin - Trouble with vaccination
appointments
and massive criticism of the
vaccine orders from
the Federal Republic.
Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU)
wants to
defend
his corona strategy in a
government statement in
front of the Bundestag
on Wednesday, January 13th
.
Noise and heated speech are inevitable with regard to Spahn's not undisputed course on vaccinations and the provision of the vaccine *.
The Minister of Health knows that too.
On the day before the government declaration, Spahn called on the members of the Bundestag to support the vaccination campaign against the corona virus.
It is about the "largest vaccination campaign in our history," wrote Spahn in a letter to the MPs that
AFP received
on Tuesday in Berlin.
The start of the campaign was a success - despite all "justified references to processes to be improved", wrote Spahn.
Support came on Tuesday from Chancellor
Angela Merkel
* (CDU).
Corona vaccination campaign in Germany: Spahn asks members of the Bundestag for support
In his letter to the MPs, Spahn
enclosed
lists of the planned delivery dates for the vaccines from
Biontech
* and
Moderna
by February.
Accordingly, 5.3 million doses of Biontech vaccine are expected by mid-February.
In addition, there will be 674,000 cans from Moderna by the end of February.
Two doses are required for each Corona * vaccination.
He was confident that twelve million cans for six million people would be delivered by the end of the first quarter, wrote
Spahn
.
This means that all members of the first prioritization group could be vaccinated “as planned” - for example those over 80 and employees in care and medicine.
"The year 2021 may be the year we beat the pandemic," the minister wrote in relation to the
vaccine
.
He asked the MPs, "that we should jointly promote and advocate that the number of citizens should go this way with us and be vaccinated in large numbers".
Corona vaccinations in Germany: criticism of Spahn's strategy - "ordered too late"
Criticism of the statements by Spahn came from
left parliamentary group leader Dietmar Bartsch
.
He criticized the slow start of the vaccination campaign: "The vaccinations * will
drag
on
like chewing gum and
prolong
the
lockdown
." The campaign has not yet been successful.
"The fact that we currently have too little vaccine on site is due to the fact that too little and too late were ordered months ago," criticized Bartsch.
There has
also recently been criticism
from coalition partner
SPD
that the previous vaccine orders should not be sufficient and that there are inconsistencies in the organization of vaccination appointments on site.
Corona vaccine in Germany: Chancellor Angela Merkel sees quarters one and two as "critical"
Chancellor Angela Merkel * praised the Minister of Health on Tuesday at the first meeting of the Union parliamentary group after the winter break.
Scientifically and logistically, it is like a
major achievement
that a vaccine is available only ten months after the virus outbreak, said Merkel, according to several participants in the meeting.
There was also praise for the fact that the vaccine had even been
pre-produced
in order to advance global vaccinations.
The Chancellor
thanked
her CDU colleague that one shouldn't complain about the situation.
With regard to the available vaccine, the Chancellor noted a
bottleneck
until the middle of the year, but from the second half of the year the resources should be more than sufficient.
“
Quarters one and two are
critical
.
From the third quarter we will be able to sell something rather than need, ”she was
quoted
by the
picture
as saying.
"Overall, we have
more than enough
vaccine," concluded Merkel.
Merkel on vaccine in Germany: Chancellor praises Jens Spahn - Minister promoted approvals early on
Even if not all vaccine manufacturers were approved, the
surplus
could
already be foreseen in the third quarter.
This fact gives hope that the country can come out of the difficult situation this winter.
According to the meeting attendees, Jens Spahn is said to have
tried to
find
more options
for vaccine production, something that nobody had thought of in August.
This is the reason why the vaccine plant in Marburg is already close to approval.
Without Spahn's commitment, the EU Commission would probably
not have been able to conclude an additional contract
with the manufacturers Biontech and Pfizer.
For this reason, too, additional vaccines could be delivered to Germany in the second quarter of the year, said Merkel.
The Chancellor reaffirmed the position of the
European
internal market
, which has more market power than one country alone.
Germany would therefore be of no use if the people in the states around the Federal Republic were not vaccinated.
(ajr) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network.