Prime Minister Markus Söder is taking the vaccination too slowly.
He wants the state to deal with more production possibilities and faster approval processes.
After suspected cases of the Corona mutation * in the
Bayreuth Clinic
, the employees are excluded (see update from January 30, 10.17 a.m.).
In terms of vaccination planning, Markus Söder calls for the Russian and Chinese vaccines to be checked (see update from January 30, 3:31 p.m.).
Here you can find the current
case numbers in the Free State
* as a map.
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Update from January 30, 5:01 p.m.:
After the
approval of the Astrazeneca corona vaccine
, the federal and state governments are working on an adjustment of the previous
vaccination strategy
.
A result was already apparent in a video link from the federal and state health ministers this Saturday: According to a recommendation by the Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko), the preparation should
only be
vaccinated
to 18 to 64 year olds
.
That said the current chairman of the conference of health ministers, Bavaria's head of department
Klaus Holetschek
(CSU).
The detailed consultations should, however, continue on Monday evening.
Apart from that, according to
Holetschek
, it was already becoming apparent that
the previous prioritization order would remain
.
Jens Spahn also explained this in a question and answer session.
It is also under discussion that in particular
cases of hardship,
vaccinations should also be possible in the future for people who are actually not yet in turn according to the current vaccination sequence.
Individual states, including Bavaria, have already
announced or set up
special vaccination commissions
for this in
order to be able to decide on special individual cases.
At the same time,
Holetscheck
emphasized
that he
expected
the
vaccination summit
this Monday to
speak clearly
and find pragmatic solutions.
"If we do not want
to risk jeopardizing
people's trust in the vaccination
, we now finally need reliability in deliveries and longer-term planning of delivery quantities," emphasized the
CSU politician
.
Corona in Bavaria: New drug distributed to six clinics - severe course should be prevented
Meanwhile, there is more news.
After purchasing
200,000 doses of a new corona drug
for all of Germany,
some of the drugs are to be
distributed
to six university clinics in Bavaria
.
Hospitals in the respective regions then get their needs from there, said a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health in Munich.
The
new corona drugs
, so-called monoclonal antibodies, are intended to
help
patients in the early phase of Covid 19 disease
and prevent a severe course.
Nationwide, the costs should amount to 400 million euros.
Corona: Söder calls for an "emergency vaccine industry" - and testing of Russian and Chinese vaccines
Update from January 30th, 3:31 p.m.:
Prime Minister
Markus Söder
(CSU) has made it clear more than once
that the
vaccination against the coronavirus
in Bavaria is
going
too slowly
.
Now, in an interview with
Die Welt, he
suggested establishing an “emergency vaccine industry” in Germany.
This means that the state is issuing clear guidelines in order
to increase
production capacities
and
accelerate
approval procedures
.
The
corona emergency
requires this step.
In addition, the Bavarian state chief demanded that the European approval authorities deal with the
vaccines of the Chinese and Russians
.
If these were efficient, nothing would stand in the way of deployment in Germany.
It
remains to be seen
whether
Söder
will bring these proposals to the conference of the prime ministers, the chancellor and representatives of the vaccine companies on Monday.
Corona mutation suspected case in Bayreuth clinic leads to exclusion of employees
Update from January 30th, 10.17 a.m.:
After it became known that there are
suspected cases of the novel
corona mutation
from Great Britain
at the
Bayreuth Clinic
, everyday life for the employees has changed drastically.
Your life is now like
running the gauntlet
.
The more than 3,300 employees are exposed to hostility and marginalization even in their free time.
For example, a colleague was turned away at a gas station when the employee saw the
woman's
clinic parking permit
, says press spokesman Frank Schmälzle.
Another woman's child was
isolated
in
emergency care
.
“It was only allowed to play alone all day.” In another case, neighbors complained because a clinic employee was using the laundry room of the house without an
FFP2 mask
.
Corona in Bavaria: Bayreuth Clinic defends its employees
“With all legitimate concerns: our employees who come into contact with patients are tested daily.
That is a level of security that can hardly be increased, ”says Schmälzle.
“Colleagues probably assume
less risk
than any other citizen.” However, it is not yet clear whether the 23 suspected cases will turn out to be real.
The clinic is currently assuming it.
“Such suspected cases are by no means expressed lightly.
We firmly believe that we actually have the
mutation
in the house. "
Nevertheless, the order will be lifted next Wednesday that the clinic employees are not allowed to use public transport to go to work.
Until then, there is also an
admission freeze for patients
.
However, it is unclear whether the final result of the investigation into the suspected cases will already be available by then.
Update from January 29, 9:27 p.m.:
Despite the
lockdown
, at least the
final
classes
are allowed to
return to schools
from February 1 in
alternating
classes
.
In some Bavarian regions, however, exceptions apply, for example in the Franconian
Hof
.
Corona easing in Bavaria: graduating classes are allowed to go back to school - but there are exceptions
In the Wunsiedel district in the Fichtelgebirge as well as in the city and district of
Bayreuth
, graduates
stay at home for one week longer
due to the high number of
corona infections
.
Because of several
suspected cases of mutation
, the graduating
classes
in the Hof Stadt region have to continue
learning
in
distance
lessons.
Homeschooling is initially valid for two weeks.
Before the students return, all should be tested.
Corona in Hof / Bavaria: Several suspected mutations in graduating classes - rapid tests for companies
District Administrator Oliver Bär (CSU) announced that
companies in the region would be provided with
rapid
tests
.
It is also planned to
set up
four
additional test stations
.
All positive corona test results in the region should first be
examined
for a
mutation
.
A highly contagious mutation was
suspected
on
Friday in a total of 14 cases in the city and district of Hof
.
The authorities do not rule out a connection with the border with the Czech Republic.
According to the
Robert Koch Institute
(RKI), the number of infections per 100,000 inhabitants within seven weeks was 220.4 for the city of Hof and 227.8 for the district.
For the district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtelgebirge, the RKI reported a
seven-day incidence
of 249.1
on Friday
, of 137.7 for the city of Bayreuth and 138.9 for the Bayreuth district.
Corona in Bavaria: Söder raises allegations - and names the culprits of the disaster with the corona vaccine
First report from January 29, 11:09 a.m .:
Munich - Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder * has
sharply criticized
the
European Union
.
He accused the EU of errors in the fight against the corona pandemic *.
The vaccine * was ordered too late and there were only a few
manufacturers
, said the CSU * boss on Friday in the ZDF "morning magazine".
The result has so far been unsatisfactory.
“The operational responsibility lay in Europe,”
Söder stated.
The fundamental importance was underestimated.
Söder renews corona vaccination criticism: "Underestimated in some places at the beginning"
In Germany, a few weeks after the start of vaccination, there is now a point where the quantities ordered are not arriving and
vaccinations are being
postponed.
“It's a very, very uncertain situation for such an important topic.
And I think that in Germany it was underestimated in some places at the beginning, ”said Söder.
Now what is needed is “maximum transparency” when dealing with problems.
Söder welcomed the
federal and state vaccination summit
on Monday.
It is now a matter of getting more vaccine * faster.
"It cannot be that such a large continent, which is so economically strong and has so many large
pharmaceutical companies
, cannot produce more than just one plant that is about to start up in Marburg." said Söder.
Will the corona lockdown be relaxed in February?
Söder is skeptical: "I don't think ..."
He was skeptical about
easing the corona measures *, which
are limited
to
mid-February
.
“I am not convinced that everything will be canceled on the 14th.
I don't think it's the time for great relaxation. ”Mutation * and premature relaxation are“ a toxic combination, ”says Söder.
Video: AstraZeneca - vaccine and manufacturer under criticism
Corona: Vaccination is only progressing slowly - Söder expresses criticism in Markus Lanz's ZDF talk show
Already in
Markus Lanz's ZDF talk show
, on which Söder was connected by video on Wednesday evening, he criticized the slow vaccination in Germany. * "The
vaccination logistics are
actually in Germany.
(...) Whatever vaccine is there is inoculated, ”he explained and criticized that apparently too little was ordered.
"Overall, the picture is really not a good one," he admitted to Lanz.
Many vaccine manufacturers would openly say that
Europe
ordered too late and will therefore also be late.
According to Söder, it looks like a classic European award and appointment process has been carried out.
Often, the calculations are tight and the prices are paid attention to.
“It's a safe and good practice in normal times,” he said.
In
times of need
it is difficult to do so.
Söder criticized that it was possible that they were too focused on individual vaccines.
For his vaccination criticism, Söder had already caught a counterattack from Ludwig Hartmann, the parliamentary group leader of the Greens, on Wednesday (January 27).
"Söder's vaccination review is a cheap embarrassment," was the allegation.
"Ironically, the man who has
wanted to be the face of German corona policy with all his might
since the
beginning of the pandemic
and who has pushed himself broadly in front of the microphones of the
capital's
press
when announcing new measures
, cowardly pushes himself to the side when he is also
supposed to
share
responsibility
for what's going wrong.
But he is not only Prime Minister and, as CSU chairman, part of the federal government, but also has the chairman of the largest EU parliamentary group by hand with his party friend Manfred Weber, ”criticized Ludwig Hartmann in an interview with
Merkur.de
.
According to him, Söder could have worked actively to
build up
production capacities
for more vaccines in this country.
“He didn't do that, but rather gave
press conferences and
Bild
newspaper
interviews
.”
(Kam / dpa) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network