Vaccinations are key in fighting the corona pandemic.
So far, the process has been rather slow.
Soon, however, it could also be the turn of the younger generation.
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Until now shines
Germany
not having a particularly high Impftempo.
Nevertheless, the
corona vaccination is
considered to be the hope of an end to the pandemic.
Jens Spahn considers easing in the summer to be realistic.
The
vaccinations
could stay.
The investigation of reinfections in vaccinated people will show whether an annual dose will be necessary, according to
RKI boss Lothar Wieler
.
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news ticker
is updated regularly.
Berlin / Munich - At the end of December 2020, vaccinations against the corona virus began in Germany.
The aim of immunizing as many people as possible is to ensure that the course of the disease is milder and fewer people die of Covid-19 *.
The vaccinations are currently not progressing particularly quickly.
“On January 29, 2021, 94,294 vaccinations were carried out in Germany *.
This means that
1,855,457 people
(2.2% of the total population) have received a first vaccination and
461,701 people have
already received a second vaccination, ”according to the current status on the website Impfdashboard.de of the Federal Ministry of Health.
Spahn on vaccinations in Germany: "I also understand impatience well, very well"
At a virtual event on Saturday (January 30th) Jens Spahn and experts asked questions from the population.
Federal Health
Minister
Spahn * said that the
vaccination start
was undoubtedly difficult.
There was a lot of frustration with hotlines and the issue of deliveries.
"I also understand impatience well, very well."
However, one year after the start of the pandemic,
three approved effective vaccines
* are available.
“Probably no one would have dared to predict that 12 or 6 months ago.” The path began, said Spahn, referring to the vaccinations.
But it has to get better and is also getting better step by step.
However, Health Minister Spahn also made it clear: The corona measures in Germany will not be
relaxed
immediately after the vaccinations
.
Too little is known about how the virus is still spreading in terms of reinfection.
But Spahn speaks of summer as a potential date for a slow return to normality
.
Corona in Germany: annual corona vaccination?
The RKI boss does not consider this to be excluded in the future
Regarding the question of whether the
corona vaccinations
* have to be carried out regularly - like the flu vaccination -
RKI boss Lothar Wieler
said: "I can't answer that yet." Over the next few weeks, months and years one would have to watch closely Whether and how often people who have been vaccinated and who have already been infected will be infected with the coronavirus again.
The crucial point here too is the question of reinfection.
“Yes, we may have to be vaccinated every year.
I can't say that, ”said Wieler, looking at the current state of research.
+
Lothar Wieler, President of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), gives a press conference on the current situation in the corona pandemic in the federal press conference.
© Kay Nietfeld / dpa / picture alliance
Up until now it was mainly the elderly who were vaccinated.
That could change soon.
According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the newly approved Astrazeneca substance is only recommended for 18 to 64 year olds.
Therefore the strategy has to be adjusted.
Spahn announced a
revision of the vaccination ordinance
.
One will generally stick to a prioritization, but take up the "age component" for the Astrazeneca vaccine.
The vaccination ordinance provides for prioritization.
The highest priority is given to people over the age of 80 and, for example, staff in nursing homes.
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