Corona vaccination doses are scarce.
Health Minister Jens Spahn now wants to administer the announced vaccine from AstraZeneca without provisions for the second dose.
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany
: The
Covid-19 case numbers
are also high in February and there is a
tough corona lockdown *
.
One county has vaccinated hundreds of police officers.
The action was apparently planned well in advance.
(see update from February 4, 2:32 p.m.)
Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) wants to inoculate the AstraZeneca vaccine without provisions.
(see update from February 4th, 9.45pm)
This
news ticker on vaccinations and vaccines in Germany
is updated regularly.
Update from February 4, 9.45 p.m.:
In view of the larger announced delivery quantities of the corona vaccine from Astrazeneca, Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) calls on the states to administer the vaccine to the prioritized groups without provisions for the second dose.
In view of the minimum interval between the first and second vaccination of nine to twelve weeks recommended by the Standing Vaccination Commission in this case and because of "the continuing shortage of vaccines with simultaneous high demand", he recommends that the 6th, 12th and 19th February announced vaccination doses "to vaccinate completely and without provisions for the second vaccinations".
This is what it says in a letter from Spahn to the federal states that the dpa has received.
"In this way, after Astrazeneca has been approved, more than 1.7 million citizens can receive their first vaccination in the first three weeks of February." According to dpa information, 345,000 vaccine doses are expected in Germany next Saturday, 391,000 a week later and on 19 February a million vaccine doses.
At the beginning of March it should be another 1.5 million cans.
Secret corona vaccinations for police officers - the district tried a special scenario
Update from February 4, 2:32 p.m
.: The Stendal district has secretly vaccinated 320 police officers.
The action contradicts the specifications and the prioritization from the vaccination plan.
Health Minister Petra Grimm-Benne (SPD) confirmed the process on Thursday in the state parliament at the request of the left-wing politician Wulf Gallert.
She was angry and announced that she would admonish the district for the early corona vaccinations.
The district of Stendal (Saxony-Anhalt) also confirmed the process.
It was a test for the scenario that suddenly many people outside of vaccination centers and nursing homes would have to be vaccinated, said a spokesman for the German Press Agency.
Something like that cannot be planned “at the desk”.
A test run in which only the processes before and after the spades, but not the vaccination itself, would not have been realistic enough.
The district then picked the vaccine from the reserve, which it should actually keep for the second vaccination of people who had already been vaccinated.
It should be replenished as soon as it is the turn of the police officers in the vaccination plan, the spokesman said.
The district had selected police officers for the test run, as they were available in sufficient numbers at short notice.
In addition, it was thought that if you already do such a test, those who “protect us” could benefit, said the spokesman.
Numerous nurses and other medical staff that the district should have vaccinated beforehand according to the vaccination ordinance are still waiting for their appointment in Saxony-Anhalt.
Police officers only belong to the second priority group in the vaccination plan.
You may only be vaccinated with it after the first group.
So when the over 80s, seriously ill and medical staff are fully taken care of.
The vaccination ordinance and the sequence specified in it is “not a recommendation”, stressed Grimm-Benne.
Corona vaccinations - first vaccinations below the level of mid-January
Update from February 4th, 11:26 am
: The current vaccination numbers for February 3rd are there.
44,531 people received an initial vaccination.
The numbers for the first vaccinations are still well below the level of mid-January, at that time almost twice the amount was vaccinated per day.
According to the RKI, a total of 2,091,689 people received an initial vaccination, which corresponds to a vaccination rate of 2.5 percent.
The number of second vaccinations, on the other hand, remains at a higher level.
On Wednesday, 65,548 people were vaccinated with the second dose.
This means that 756,305 people or 0.9 percent of the population are now fully vaccinated.
Corona damper from the Ethics Council: Relaxation for vaccinated people "currently not justifiable"
Update from February 4, 10.17 a.m
.: Since vaccination started in Germany, many have been thinking of the time when people are already enjoying protection.
For example, bar or restaurant operators who consider aloud whether they can go back to business - with only vaccinated guests as guests.
Ethics Council Chairman Alena Buyx did not think much of this idea - at least for the time being - in today's federal press conference: "The restriction of access for non-vaccinated people is currently not justifiable!" The reason is the current state of knowledge about the virus.
It is assumed that vaccination will also reduce the risk of infection for non-vaccinated people, but "to what extent cannot be estimated so far".
It would have to be sufficiently ensured that vaccinated persons do not spread the virus further.
Your commission recommends that, in the course of the vaccination campaign, state restrictions on freedom to combat pandemics be "gradually" withdrawn and "serious isolation measures" (for the seriously ill or similar) "with a sense of proportion" lifted.
What about less serious measures such as distance, hygiene, everyday masks?
Clear announcement: "AHA can also be expected of vaccinated people!"
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Alena Buyx, Chair of the German Ethics Council, at the Federal Press Conference on the subject of "Special regulations for vaccinated people?"
© Michael Kappeler / dpa
Corona vaccination in Germany: Ethics Council against lifting restrictions only for vaccinated people
When asked whether one should speak of “privileges” for vaccinated people, Buyx said: “I would be happy if the term were no longer used.” He was imprecise and unnecessarily exacerbated the public debate.
The Council stressed that a distinction had to be made between government measures and corporate requirements.
Private providers basically have freedom of contract.
When it comes to “equal participation in life”, the Council does not believe that there should be any unequal treatment.
If, for example, after a general reopening of concert halls, an organizer should decide to only allow access to vaccinated people, this would be entirely possible.
"But this does not mean that there is no obligation to vaccinate through the back door," emphasized Buyx.
After all, it would be conceivable to offer tests as an alternative.
The council rejected early access to vaccination for professional athletes taking part in international competitions.
The Ethics Council is a body whose opinions are intended to provide orientation for politics and society.
Its members of the Ethics Council are appointed by the President of the Bundestag.
Corona vaccinations: Spahn offers options - AstraZeneca vaccinated people probably less contagious
Update from February 3, 9:35 p.m.:
Federal
Minister of
Health Jens Spahn (CDU) assumes that in a few months there will also be an option for the vaccine for the corona vaccination.
"Then it will also be possible to make a selection possible," as with other vaccines, said the CDU politician on Wednesday evening in an online discussion by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation.
In the case of absolute scarcity, however, this is not possible.
The federal government assumes that vaccine deliveries will pick up significantly in the second quarter.
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Health Minister Jens Spahn at the federal press conference on the current Corona situation in Germany.
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Kay Nietfeld
Corona vaccination: AstraZeneca vaccinated people are probably much less contagious
Update from February 3, 1:46 p.m
.: The vaccine from AstraZeneca protects against Covid-19 and apparently also largely against transmission of the
corona virus
.
This is what scientists at Oxford University found out.
The vaccination could therefore reduce the transmission of the coronavirus from person to person by 67 percent, according to a study published in the renowned specialist magazine
The Lancet
.
Analyzes of samples from British military volunteers have shown this, according to a statement from Oxford University.
Further data on the new corona mutations should follow in the next few days.
Corona vaccinations in Germany: First organizer wants to check vaccination cards before concerts
Update from February 3, 12.40 p.m
.: Does life return to normal after a corona vaccination?
In any case, a large organizer is preparing for it.
"If there is enough vaccine and everyone can be vaccinated, then private organizers should also have the opportunity to make a vaccination as a requirement for access to events," said Eventim boss Klaus-Peter Schulenberg of
Wirtschaftswoche.
The company has already retrofitted its systems so that they can also read vaccination cards.
That means: Anyone who wants to go to an Eventim event would have to present a valid ticket and a vaccination card in the future.
In Schleswig-Holstein, the Ministry of Health has commissioned CTS Eventim to assign vaccination appointments.
This is a new business area for the company.
We are in talks with other federal states to cooperate when more vaccine is available, said Schulenberg.
"The faster the population is vaccinated, the faster events can take place again." Above all, however, it is about "making a contribution so that we can all overcome this pandemic as soon as possible," he said.
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There are still too few vaccine doses against the coronavirus worldwide.
This is also due to the fact that the manufacturing pharmaceutical companies guard their patents jealously.
Photo: Farouk Batiche / dpa
© Farouk Batiche
German pharmaceutical company is already working on the corona vaccine of the future
Update from February 3, 8:39 a.m
.: CureVac and the British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) want to jointly develop a corona vaccine, the companies said in a press release.
It is said to be a “next-generation mRNA vaccine” that specifically targets corona variants.
The cooperation starts immediately.
The vaccine is expected to hit the market in 2022.
In addition, GSK announced that it would support CureVac in the production of 100 million doses of the first corona vaccine.
The mRNA vaccine from the Tübingen company CureVac is still in the test phase.
If everything goes well, approval is expected in the coming months.
The EU has ordered up to 405 million cans.
The company plans to produce a total of 300 million cans for all customers by the end of the year.
Vaccines available in Germany
BioNTech |
since December 26th, 2020 |
|---|---|
Moderna |
since January 14th, 2021 |
AstraZeneca |
January 29, 2021 |
Corona vaccinations in Germany - will the vaccination sequence be changed?
Update from February 2, 6.48 p.m.:
Following the recommendation of the Standing Vaccination Commission that the Astrazeneca preparation should only be administered to people under 65, Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn revised the vaccination ordinance.
A
ministerial draft submitted by the
AFP
news
agency
provides that Astrazeneca's vaccine should be given priority to people between the ages of 18 and 64 if they belong to one of the groups for the first vaccinations.
"Against the background of the present Stiko recommendations, vaccine-specific prioritizations are provided, since for certain present vaccines only a vaccination for people of a certain age is recommended so far," says the proposal.
In addition, an opening clause should be introduced that enables individual decisions.
According to the new vaccination ordinance, top priority continues to be given to people aged 80 and over as well as nurses and employees in medical facilities aged 65 and over.
Nursing staff and employees of medical facilities “with a very high risk of exposure” if they are between 18 and 64 years of age also have the highest priority when awarding the Astrazeneca preparation.
Corona vaccinations in Germany: New regulations for Astrazeneca vaccine
The second group with “high priority” includes everyone aged 70 and over - as well as people who suffer from a certain disease.
These include dementia, diabetes mellitus and certain lung diseases.
Anyone who suffers from one of these diseases and is between 18 and 64 years old is only entitled to Astrazeneca.
In this group, police and law enforcement officers who are exposed to an increased risk of infection during demonstrations, for example, are also entitled.
Here, too, the following applies: Astrazeneca is intended for younger people between 18 and 64; they are not entitled to any other preparation.
A third group includes everyone aged 60 and over and people with certain diseases.
Retail employees, teachers and educators are also included.
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In focus: the yellow vaccination card in which the vaccinations against the coronavirus are entered.
© IMAGO
Corona vaccinations in Germany: proof of vaccination?
Events?
Counties are breaking out and doing their thing
First report
from February 2:
Munich / Altötting / Naumburg - It hooks, creaks and jerks heavily in the organization of
vaccinations against the
corona virus
in Germany
.
This has been true from the beginning for the nationwide hotline 116-117, which is used centrally for assigning
vaccination appointments
.
The
Burgenlandkreis from Saxony-Anhalt
apparently no longer wants to participate - and instead use its own software to allocate appointments exclusively to citizens from the district through them.
Corona vaccinations in Germany: Burgendlandkreis (Saxony-Anhalt) no longer wants to use the vaccination hotline
This is reported by the
Mitteldeutsche Zeitung
, citing the district office.
Recently there had been reports that
those willing to be vaccinated were
not given an appointment
via the federal hotline
and / or were not put through at all.
On the other hand, possible privileges for
people
vaccinated against corona *
remain
a polarizing topic.
A district from
Bavaria left
as early as the end of January
one step ahead:
Altötting
, near the border with the Innviertel in
Austria
.
Corona vaccinations in Germany: digital proof of vaccination in Altötting (Bavaria) - a pioneer?
The district issued its first digital vaccination card on its own initiative.
Earlier, District Administrator Erwin Schneider (CSU) had criticized that he found the usual
yellow vaccination certificate
impractical.
Using QR code that can
vaccinated
now in
Altoetting
their vaccination proof of deposit easily on your own smartphone.
How much freedom will people
be given again
and
how quickly
after the
Corona
* vaccinations
?
There remains an intense debate about vaccines and
vaccination in Germany.
(pm) * Merkur.de is part of the Germany-wide Ippen-Digital editors network
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