Shortly before the Corona summit on March 3, there is tension between Söder and Berlin.
The reason for this is a move by the Bavarian regional chief to loosen up the vaccination sequence.
Markus Söder calls for the AstraZeneca vaccine * to be distributed to all those willing to vaccinate.
Administrative High Court suspends test obligation for carers in retirement and nursing homes
(update from March 2, 2:58 p.m.)
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The corona lockdown will probably be extended until Easter
(update from March 2, 11:36 a.m.)
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Update from March 2, 10:58 p.m.:
Friedrich Pürner was transferred after criticizing Söder's corona policy.
The former head of the health department in Aichach-Friedberg is now complaining against this. *
Update from March 2, 2:58 p.m.:
Another corona decision that was cashed by the Bavarian Administrative
Court
.
According to the
BR,
this now lifted
the close-knit test obligation for carers in retirement and nursing homes.
A nursing manager from Lower Franconia had complained.
So far, employees in the respective facilities have been tested for the corona virus at least three times a week.
This is no longer necessary because almost all home residents and staff have been vaccinated, so the reasoning of the nursing director.
The administrative court confirmed this with today's ruling and suspends the obligation to test from Thursday for the time being.
However, an urgent application from a relative who also wanted to abolish the obligation to test was rejected.
Visitors must therefore continue to submit a negative test result.
Corona in Bavaria: Lockdown should probably be maintained until Easter
Update from March 2, 11:36 a.m.:
The nationwide corona lockdown * will probably be extended.
This is reported by
Bild
, citing a proposed resolution for the federal-state conference on Wednesday (March 3rd).
According to this, Angela Merkel plans to maintain the lockdown until at least Easter.
However, there should be a change to the strict adherence to the 7-day incidence * of 35.
“The federal and state governments now want to test how the significant expansion of tests and a test program in connection with a better traceability of the contacts in the event of an infection make opening steps possible even with higher 7-day incidences with over 35 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants become."
Furthermore, meetings of several people from two households should be possible again from Monday (March 8th).
Children under the age of 14 are not counted.
And a nationwide uniform opening of flower shops, garden centers and hardware stores will probably come.
The prerequisite for this, however, is a hygiene concept and a limitation of one customer to 20 square meters.
Corona virus in Bavaria: Söder gets headwind from Berlin
(Initial report)
Munich
- Markus Söder (CSU) is known for going his own way - especially in times of the Corona crisis *.
It was only recently that he decided, single-handedly and without involving the other federal states, to open flower shops and hardware stores.
And that just under a week before the next Corona summit on March 3 in Berlin.
Most of the time Merkel, Spahn and Co. just watch what the Bavarian Prime Minister is doing.
But with Söder's recent advance, he received a lot of resistance.
Corona in Bavaria and Germany: Söder calls for the prioritization of vaccinations to be lifted
What was the stumbling block that made such waves even in Berlin?
Markus Söder * had considered canceling the vaccination prioritization for the British vaccine from AstraZeneca.
But not only in Bavaria, but for all of Germany.
The prime minister's motives are obvious.
According to the
picture
, which cites the Federal Ministry of Health and the Robert Koch Institute * (RKI), 1.4 million doses of the British vaccine were delivered to Germany.
So far, however, only just under 450,000 cans have been inoculated.
As a result, around 70 percent of the vaccine is just lying around.
And that despite the fact that there was always criticism that vaccination was too slow in Germany.
So far, the vaccine has only been given to the first prioritization group.
To a large extent, the 80-year-olds belong.
The problem with AstraZeneca's remedy is that it has not been approved for people over 65.
That is why the seniors get the vaccines * from Biontech and Moderna, while only the medical staff and nurses are vaccinated with the British agent. But not always.
That is why Söder said in the
BamS
at the weekend: “Before he stays in bed, vaccinate whoever wants.
No can of AstraZeneca * must be left over or thrown away. "
Corona vaccination: Merkel and Spahn would rather wait
Although Söder's suggestion - vaccinating people under 65 who are willing to vaccinate - sounds sensible at first, he met with little approval in Berlin.
Both Health Minister Jens Spahn * (CDU) and Chancellor Angela Merkel * (CDU) are
against changing the vaccination sequence
, according to the
image
information.
It would be better to wait until the Standing Vaccination Commission (STIKO) approves the AstraZeneca vaccine for people over 65 years of age.
Rejection also came from North Rhine-Westphalia.
Söder's colleague Armin Laschet * (CDU) is of the opinion that there is no need for a "significant expansion of the AstraZeneca vaccine".
In North Rhine-Westphalia, the vaccine is already successfully inoculated by teachers and educators.
But Söder's idea also has supporters.
The state chiefs from Hesse, Volker Bouffier (CDU), Baden-Württemberg, Winfried Kretschmann (Greens), and Saxony, Michael Kretschmer (CDU), advocate loosening the vaccination sequence.
The Wednesday summit should bring a decision.
Corona in Bavaria and Germany: New deliveries of the AstraZeneca vaccine are already on the way
Bavaria now wants to go this way and vaccinate these groups as well.
Bavaria's Minister of Health Klaus Holetschek (CSU) on this in a press release: “We have to protect professional groups with a particularly high risk of infection.
This includes educators and employees at primary and special schools, because one thing is clear: Children can also become infected with Corona * and other people. "
The fact is, however, that many doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine are lying around unused.
And even if Saxony and Bavaria decided in a conference on Monday * (March 1st) to send 15,000 cans of it to the Czech Republic.
And even if new professional groups now slide forward in the prioritization.
The stocks will probably not be reduced so quickly, especially since another 2.5 million cans are to be delivered to Germany by the end of March.
In the home of the vaccine *, the German reluctance to inoculate the AstraZeneca agent is not particularly well received.
The British newspaper
Metro
writes: "Use it ... or lose it".
So "use it or give it back".
There would probably be many countries around the world that would desperately take the vaccine stored in Germany.
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