Angela Merkel continues to come under pressure in the coronavirus pandemic.
An ARD report doubts the schedule of her vaccination promise to Germany.
And not only that.
Munich / Berlin - Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) reiterated her promise over the past few weeks: By September 21, everyone in the coronavirus pandemic in Germany who wants to receive a vaccination offer should be given.
The deadline was set five days before the 2021 federal election.
But: The
ARD Tagesschau
clearly questioned this promise in a report from Saturday evening (March 13th).
And that at prime time.
In front of an audience of millions.
The reasons given were the delivery difficulties of vaccine manufacturer Astrazeneca, the slow pace of vaccination and the expected third corona wave in the coming weeks.
Germany in the coronavirus pandemic: RKI expects 30,000 new infections per day at Easter
In times when large parts of the population and the economy are eagerly awaiting the easing of the hard lockdown, the setbacks are increasing.
According to the
Tagesschau
, the
Robert Koch Institute (RKI)
expects
higher numbers of Covid 19 cases after Easter than at Christmas.
The estimates assume up to 30,000 new infections per day - at least.
We have to reckon with up to 30,000 new infections per day.
Virologist Martin Stürmer
That would be a very big increase.
On March 13th, 12,674 new infections with corona were reported within 24 hours.
For comparison: On March 6, the number was 9557 newly registered cases.
On top of that.
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: British corona mutant B.1.1.7 causes infections to rise rapidly
According to the
RKI
, a nationwide 7-day incidence of 350 should be reached in mid-April.
As of March 13, this was still 76.1.
The cause is the spread of the British corona mutant B.1.1.7, it is said.
But the value that measures the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within a week is increasing rapidly - everywhere.
On Saturday, three federal states, Thuringia, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, exceeded a 7-day incidence of 100.
Worries grow too.
Martin Stürmer, virologist at the University of Frankfurt am Main, told
ARD
: “If you look at the last few days with two thousand, two thousand and three thousand new infections compared to the previous week, we are already on the way to an exponential increase.
It is not for nothing that the Robert Koch Institute has forecast that around Easter, if things continue like this, we will have to reckon with up to 30,000 new infections per day. "
Corona vaccinations in Germany: Can Angela Merkel (CDU) not keep her vaccination promise?
Meanwhile, the vaccinations against the insidious corona virus are only making slow progress.
On Friday, the Ministry of Health in Thuringia (around 2.1 million inhabitants) announced that it would no longer assign vaccination appointments with Astrazeneca due to delivery bottlenecks and testing problems at the manufacturer.
As the
MDR
reported, the model project of vaccinations for general practitioners was postponed instead, the same applies to the opening of two new vaccination centers in northern and southern Thuringia.
The prospects remain mixed: “Astrazeneca will not be able to deliver more again until the end of March at the earliest, according to the Federal Ministry of Health today,” explains a
Tagesschau
reporter in the report: “In view of the problems in Saxony and Thuringia, it currently seems questionable whether the Chancellor's promise will be made to make a vaccination offer to everyone by September is still to be kept. ”The pressure on Merkel is growing.
(pm)