Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn announces a new vaccination ordinance for this Monday - with extensive adjustments in the vaccination sequence.
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany
: The
vaccinations
against the
coronavirus
*
are slow.
Jens Spahn (CDU)
announces a new
vaccination regulation against Covid-19 *
for Monday (February 8th)
.
Certain groups of people should get there faster, but
teachers, doctors and educators
should not.
Munich / Berlin - It should finally go faster.
Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU)
wants to
accelerate
the
corona vaccinations in Germany
with a new regulation and make them more flexible.
"So the vaccination campaign can continue to pick up speed," said Spahn this Sunday to the
German press agency
in Berlin.
Corona vaccinations in Germany: the new vaccination ordinance comes into force on Monday
Accordingly, the new
vaccination ordinance
in
Germany * should come
into force this Monday (February 8).
Specific results are: The federal states are allowed to invite individual cohorts with a time delay, which means that they can organize
vaccinations against the coronavirus
more quickly.
People with
certain serious illnesses should also be included more quickly
.
New corona vaccination regulation for Germany from Monday, February 8th - Contents:
Federal states are allowed to invite age groups at different times and organize vaccinations more flexibly.
People with certain serious illnesses should be there faster - including cancer patients and people with serious lung diseases.
Citizens under 65 are to be vaccinated more with vaccines from Astrazeneca, so that there is more of the vaccines from Biontech / Pfizer and Moderna for people over 80.
Doctors, teachers and educators should not - as requested by interest groups - be given higher priority.
Cancer patients and people with severe lung diseases
, severe diabetes and chronic liver or kidney diseases
should be given higher priority
.
“With the vaccination ordinance, we are following the recommendations of the Standing Vaccination Commission,” said
Spahn
: “And we are reacting to our first experiences with the vaccination campaign in practice.
Older people can be vaccinated faster than planned. "
New corona vaccination regulation in Germany: dampers for teachers and doctors
Because: According to the new rules, people under 65 years of age should primarily be
vaccinated
with the
Corona *
vaccine from Astrazeneca
, which means that more of the (partially) available
vaccines from Biontech / Pfizer and Moderna
can be planned for people over 80.
For certain professions, the new Impfverordnung but also a damper: doctors are so only in the priority group two to train and get
teachers
and
educators
only in group three.
Interest representatives from these professional groups recently called for faster consideration.
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