The city of Munich has reached the incidence of 100.
Now the emergency brake threatens.
Many test centers reach their limits before Easter.
All news in the ticker.
On Tuesday evening, Markus Söder and Angela Merkel had a crisis vaccination * summit with all prime ministers.
Before Easter, the test centers in Bavaria are in great demand
(see update from March 31, 6.54 a.m.
).
Munich exceeded the 100 incidence on Wednesday
(see update from March 31, 6.54 a.m.).
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Update from March 31, 11.30
a.m
.:
The provisional vaccination ban at Astrazeneca for under 60-year-olds is also making waves with the Bavarian police.
“Sure, that creates a lot of uncertainty.
Large rounds of vaccinations were scheduled in the next few days, ”said the state chairman of the German Police Union, Jürgen Köhnlein, on Wednesday upon request.
Without the new regulations on Astrazeneca, all officials willing to vaccinate should have received their first injection by mid-April.
How it will continue with the vaccinations of the police initially remained open.
Köhnlein reported the very wide range of initial reactions from his colleagues: "From absolute voluntariness to a second vaccination, even with the latest knowledge, to reluctance, everything is included." The previous day, vaccinations with the Astrazeneca preparation for under 60s were temporarily suspended.
Holetschek: Vaccination start in practices before Easter "important signal"
Update from March 31, 11.12 a.m.:
With the start of vaccination at general practitioners in Bavaria on Wednesday, vaccination against the corona virus is to be significantly accelerated.
“We did everything we could to get the family doctors vaccinated before Easter.
That is an important signal, ”emphasized Bavaria's Minister of Health, Klaus Holetschek.
At the start of the vaccination, he visited a doctor's practice in Munich.
Despite the uncertainties surrounding the Astrazeneca vaccine, doctors began vaccinating in 1635.
Each practice received an average of 20 vaccination doses, Holetschek said in a press release.
“It's only a small amount, but we can now shift into the next gear.” After Easter, around 8,500 practices are to receive vaccine from pharmacies and wholesalers.
"We will first offer vaccinations to those patients who belong to the vulnerable groups due to their age or previous illnesses," said Wolfgang Ritter from the board of directors of the Bavarian Association of General Practitioners.
"But everyone who wants to be vaccinated will get this protection in a timely manner."
Munich rips 100 incidence and expects emergency brake - test centers full before Easter
Update from March 31, 6.54 a.m.:
The Bavarian capital Munich has now reached the seven-day incidence of 100.
As the RKI stated on Wednesday morning (March 31, 3 a.m.), the incidence in the Bavarian capital is now 100.2.
On Tuesday it was 97.4.
If the incidence is now above 100 on Thursday and Friday, the emergency brake decided by the federal and state governments will come into force on Saturday in Munich.
Then tightened measures must also be expected in the state capital - including a curfew between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. for all people without a “valid reason”.
Corona test centers in Bavaria: capacity utilization before Easter days high - municipalities refer to pharmacies
In many municipal test centers in Bavaria, the demand for corona tests before the Easter holidays is great.
In Munich's station on Theresienwiese, there were no more appointments available for a PCR test before the weekend on Tuesday.
Because of the increased demand, the test capacity was increased by 20 percent to 1,800 PCR tests per working day by the end of the Easter holidays, said a spokesman for the Munich health department.
At the weekend there are around 600 tests a day.
The situation is similar in Augsburg, Nuremberg and Regensburg.
Several municipalities referred to rapid tests in private test centers and in many Bavarian pharmacies because of the large number of test centers.
According to the Bavarian Pharmacists' Association (BAV), more than 800 companies in the Free State now offer rapid antigen tests.
These are also sufficiently available, said a BAV spokeswoman.
Update from March 30th, 9:55 p.m.: In
summary - Astrazeneca is initially no longer vaccinated to under 60-year-olds in the vaccination centers.
Yes, to people over 60.
They could even get the vaccination faster now.
Including Angela Merkel, by the way, who is over 60, as a shrewd journalist just noticed at the PK.
She will also be vaccinated, she has just confirmed, “when it's my turn”.
Corona in Bavaria: will Söder keep Astrazeneca vaccinated?
Söder said even before the summit that he would like to keep the general practitioners vaccinated with Astrazeneca.
To put it more correctly: at some point have the family doctors vaccinated with Astrazeneca, if at some point they get a sufficient amount of the vaccine.
It is exciting to see exactly how Bavaria wants to expand this idea now.
Astrazeneca crisis: what happens to the 2.2 million first vaccinated?
Update from March 30th, 9:40 pm: Angela Merkel and Jens Spahn are currently announcing the vaccination ban for Astrazeneca for all people under 60. Bavaria will probably implement this as well.
2.2 million people under 60 have already received an initial vaccination.
Spahn wants to explain quickly to the experts how this should be solved.
The period between the first and second vaccination can be a maximum of 12 weeks.
This would mean that the first Astrazeneca vaccinated in Germany would have to receive a second vaccination by the beginning of May at the latest.
Update from March 30th, 9:29 pm:
The crisis peak continues.
Markus Söder would like to ensure that there is no general vaccination ban for Astrazeneca and that it is up to the general practitioners who they would vaccinate with it.
Update from March 30th, 9.10 p.m.:
How long the Prime Minister's
Conference
(MPK) lasts, nobody can say from experience.
However, according to Söder, it should really only be about Astrazeneca.
A press conference is planned for at least about 9:15 p.m.
In any case, during the MPK, Söder is said to have reiterated his demand that general practitioners should further inoculate Astrazeneca.
Astrazeneca vaccination freeze in Bavaria: Söder with a statement
Update from March 30th, 8:39 p.m.:
In these minutes, the Prime Minister's
Conference
on the Astrazeneca crisis with Angela Merkel, Markus Söder and everyone else seems to start.
Before that he had time for a short interview with the BR.
"The whole development is not great," he says in it.
“Nevertheless, it remains an effective vaccine.” You have to think very carefully about whether Astrazeneca should now order a categorical stop, or whether there could be a more flexible solution.
For example, “whether the Astrazeneca vaccines cannot be inoculated through the family doctors.
Because they have the best assessment of whether it could be dangerous or not. "
Astrazeneca crisis triggers vaccination freeze - summit planned in the Chancellery
Update from March 30th, 7:55 p.m.:
According to information from the German press agency, the health ministers have decided to suspend the Astrazeneca vaccinations for people under 60 years of age.
What will happen to the people who are waiting for their second vaccination is still completely open.
Apparently, people under the age of 60 can continue to be vaccinated with Astrazeneca, "at the discretion of a doctor and with an individual risk analysis after careful information".
Discussions between the Prime Minister and Angela Merkel on the vaccination ban are currently ongoing.
The press conference, which should start at around 9.15 p.m., will hopefully provide more clarity.
Update from March 30th, 6:33 pm:
Now it's official.
Stiko recommends stopping vaccinations with Astrazeneca for all people under 60 years of age.
Anyone who has already received an initial vaccination with Astrazeneca should receive a recommendation from Stiko by the end of April.
It will now be exciting to see whether Söder will join Bavaria.
So far, however, the country heads have always followed the Stiko recommendations.
Update from March 30, 6:01 p.m.:
In these minutes, the federal and state health ministers are discussing how to proceed at Astrazeneca.
Then the Prime Ministers and Angela Merkel sit down again briefly.
It can currently be assumed that the vaccinations will be stopped.
According to media reports, the Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko) recommends stopping Astrazeneca for people under 60 years of age.
However, this has not yet been officially confirmed.
Update from March 30th, 5:22 p.m.:
Now the district of Munich is also following
suit
.
Here, too, all vaccinations with Astrazeneca for people under 60 will be canceled with immediate effect.
Update from March 30, 3:06 p.m.:
After the provisional Astrazeneca vaccination ban for Munich residents under 60, Markus Söder has now also spoken out.
In view of the turbulence around the vaccine, he suggested that the vaccination sequence for the vaccine should be completely triggered.
"At some point at Astrazeneca you will have to operate with a lot of freedom and have to say: whoever wants and who dares should also have the opportunity," said Söder on Tuesday in Munich.
Astrazeneca vaccination freeze in Munich: Söder suggests triggering the vaccination sequence
The prime minister admits that the vaccine does not work as most would have hoped.
“At Astrazeneca we can expect some new problem every day.
And you can honestly feel that in the perception outside. "
Update from March 30th, 2:44 p.m.:
It has only been possible to vaccinate with Astrazeneca again in Germany for a few days.
But after further cases of cerebral vein thrombosis, Berlin was the first federal state to suspend Astrazeneca vaccinations for people under the age of 60 for the time being.
The Bavarian capital is now following suit.
Astrazeneca: No vaccinations for Munich residents under 60 years of age - especially the vaccination center and Isar-Klinikum affected
"Until the question of possible vaccination complications has been resolved, vaccinations with Astrazeneca for people under 60 years of age will be suspended as a precautionary measure," the City of Munich is currently informing about.
The message shows: This decision primarily affects the planned vaccinations in the vaccination center and at the Isar-Klinikum.
In the elderly and service centers, the vaccinations are to be continued.
12.37 p.m.:
Markus Söder calls on the federal and state governments to take uniform, strict anti-corona measures in view of rapidly increasing numbers.
Specifically, the CSU boss demanded, among other things, that the agreed emergency brake should urgently apply in hotspots, even with exit restrictions, especially over Easter.
Moving or increasing the threshold for the emergency brake does not bring anything, but catches everyone up, said Söder on Tuesday in Munich.
He is not sure whether everyone really understood the seriousness of the situation.
Söder also warned that now is not the time for arguments between the federal and state governments and for jealousies about competencies.
It is now all about the best possible protection of the population.
The federal and state governments would have to "act from one spirit".
Corona in Bavaria: I'm really worried about the schools “: Söder warns after the vaccination summit
Schools continue to have priority for the Prime Minister.
"I'm really worried about schools," he said at the press conference after the vaccination summit.
The parents' noticeable reluctance to consent to the tests was also problematic, he said.
Schools should be "the absolute top topic." School is the greatest challenge, according to Söder.
He doesn't want to commit himself today, but the top priority is protection.
After the corona vaccination summit: Bitter news for Munich
In addition to Söder, Health Minister Klaus Holetschek also commented on the model cities.
There are certain parameters, among other things, only cities with less than 100,000 inhabitants should come into question - the end for the state capital Munich.
According to Holetschek, 46 cities are still in the running.
Protection and hygiene concepts are crucial for participation.
Nevertheless, one must keep an eye on the further development of incidence in the Free State, it said.
"Almost all of Bavaria" applied for the project, said Prime Minister Markus Söder.
A decision on the participants should be made at the beginning of April.
Söder press conference after vaccination summit: The ticker for reading
12.24 p.m.:
Klaus Holetschek speaks, he calls for a “pragmatic approach” when it comes to vaccination.
It must move forward quickly.
You shouldn't get too caught up in bureaucracy.
Bureaucracy and pandemic don't go well together.
At Astrazeneca, Bavaria’s health minister expects difficulties in acceptance in the future as well.
Regarding model cities, he says: You have committed yourself to large district towns and urban districts with up to 100,000 inhabitants.
46 come into question.
Protection and hygiene concepts are absolutely important and necessary.
Everyone has to get involved, and a sufficient vaccination quota is essential.
Incidence over 100: compulsory testing in schools - Söder appeals
12.20 p.m
.: There is an obligation to test over 100 - “at school”, says Söder.
He criticized the reluctance to take the tests offered and called for the opportunities to be used.
"We are still thinking about Corona, we are careful," assures Söder.
You are in the vote every day and observe the situation.
"Easter has to be used", you have to slow down the increase.
"The faster we get relief, the more long-term the success."
Are there any other openings?
Söder explains the procedure for Bavaria
12.17 p.m.:
What
happens
with further openings?
There will be a special cabinet on Wednesday next week, says Söder.
One will consider what is possible with a view to the incidence situation.
The Ministry of Health has also drawn up a matrix for the model cities.
A digitally functioning contact management is necessary, says Söder.
Sufficient test capacities must also be possible.
Next week the decision will be made: “if at all, when and who will be there.” Next week the schools should also be “an absolute hot topic”, he is worried.
“School is the biggest challenge,” says Söder.
He doesn't want to commit himself today, but the top priority is protection.
"I very much hope that those who do almost everything do not end up annoyed that they have handled it so generously." He would like to see consistency.
Corona vaccinations in Bavaria: Söder presents a plan
12.13 p.m
.: In the course of April, the vaccination doses increase, so Söder.
Then the economy and company doctors should also be integrated, so the hope.
In April there are to be up to ten model projects for this purpose, "It is mobile, it is on site, it goes very quickly." But for that you also need to remove the prioritization, he clarifies.
There is also a group dynamic, maybe people who are a little fearful would also get vaccinated.
A few questions still need to be clarified: Will there be more freedom for those who have been vaccinated?
"Unfortunately there is still no statement," said Söder.
It would be easier if there were a clear binding statement from the federal government.
Corona in Bavaria: Söder explains vaccination - how and who?
12.09 p.m.:
Bavaria will get over two million doses of vaccine by May 2nd.
How is that wronged and who is wronged, asks Söder.
How: The interval between the first and second vaccination is "increased as much as possible." The emergency reserves are dissolved, "everything is vaccinated".
Because even the first vaccination already gives protection.
In addition: “Vaccinations are carried out around the clock.
Vaccination continues at Easter.
There is no Easter rest for vaccination. "
Who?
The vaccination centers “will of course stay with it.” That is the first part of the vaccination column.
The general practitioners are also joining us.
“Doctors are experienced in vaccinating.
These are the vaccination professionals in the country, they vaccinate faster, ”explains Söder.
And: “They also provide follow-up care,” they know their patients.
What is important here: "More flexibility in the prioritization of vaccinations".
12:05 p.m .:
"Very, very constructive," was the vaccination summit, as Söder explains.
“The question of when to vaccinate depends crucially on the incidence.” The higher the incidence, the more watered down the effect of the vaccinations.
Bavaria has received 2.7 million vaccine doses so far, just over 2.2 million have been vaccinated.
Around 40,000 cans are inoculated every day, and the speed is expected to increase.
The vaccination system in the hotspots is much more flexible, reports Söder.
It is not only vaccinated according to the age category, but flexibly - for example according to a certain outbreak event.
Two basic goals are important: vaccination for health and vaccination for more freedom.
The former has already been achieved well in old people's and nursing homes, says Söder.
Corona in Bavaria - Söder: population supports course of "caution and prudence"
12:02 p.m.:
The population supports the course of "caution and prudence", as surveys show, explains Söder.
But: "After the debates of the last few days: I'm not sure whether everyone really understood the seriousness of the situation," he clarifies.
It is not the time for arguments.
In his assessment, the Chancellor was right with her assessment and warning.
From 100 the emergency brake must apply, it is "necessary", so Söder.
Where the value is above 100, an exit restriction must apply uniformly.
“I believe the federal and state governments must act from one spirit.
We need one pandemic plan for Germany and not 16 different ones, ”says Söder.
Federalism is a wonderful thing, but it is not good when the federal government and the states argue.
It would also not be good if the CDU chairman quarreled with the Chancellor six months before the election, according to the swipe.
12 noon:
The press conference starts on time.
"Unfortunately, the corona situation is getting darker in Germany," says Markus Söder.
It doesn't look any better in other European countries either, he cites Austria and France as examples.
The R value in the Free State is 1.32, so it will continue to rise, according to the CSU boss.
Update from March 30th, 11.40 a.m.:
The press conference after the vaccination summit should start in 20 minutes.
Markus Söder and Klaus Holetschek provide information on the results.
You can follow the pk here in the live stream and ticker.
Update from March 30, 11:24 a.m.:
Germany extends the stationary border controls to the Czech Republic for another 14 days.
The controls on the Austrian state of Tyrol will be ended, as Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) announced in Berlin on Tuesday.
Update from March 30th, 11:04 a.m.:
At the start of the corona vaccinations in the practices, the Bavarian Association of General Practitioners asked the patients to be patient until the doctors asked.
"Please wait until your family doctor contacts you!" Announced the association on Tuesday in Munich.
At the beginning, there would only be a small amount of vaccine available, so initially only patients from the risk groups would receive a vaccination offer.
"But everyone who wants to be vaccinated will get this protection - just not all of them in the first few days."
Prime Minister Söder has been advising representatives from the District Association, the Association of Cities, the Association of Bavarian Business and General Practitioners in a video link since ten o'clock (see first report).
After the vaccination summit, there will be a press conference at 12 noon.
You can follow them here in the live stream and ticker.
Bavaria's vaccination summit: Söder press conference live today - Munich district exceeds critical limit
Update from March 30, 9:02 a.m.:
The seven-day incidence * in Bavaria has risen to 140.5.
That comes from figures from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI *) from Tuesday morning.
Nationwide it was 135.2.
Only the city of Ansbach is still below the 50 mark across Bavaria with 47.8 new corona infections per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days.
The RKI reported the highest value for the district of Cham with an incidence of 332. On Sunday, the incidence throughout Bavaria was 135.8.
In the meantime, 72 Bavarian districts and cities are above the 100 mark, and only 24 are below.
For the state capital Munich, the RKI gave a value of 97.4, the district of Munich is now at 103. If the incidence is over 100, the emergency brake applies with strict corona rules in the affected districts.
You can find a summary of all measures here. *
Corona in Bavaria: Vaccinations with general practitioners nationwide probably only after Easter
Update from March 30, 7:38 a.m.: General
practitioners in Bavaria will only be able to vaccinate against corona nationwide after Easter.
From April 7, around 8,500 general practitioners and specialists would start vaccinating, announced a spokesman for the Bavarian Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KVB) before the vaccination summit in Munich on Tuesday.
The state government wants to consult with representatives of the district assembly, the association of cities, the Association of Bavarian Economy and general practitioners on how the vaccinations can be made even faster (see initial notification).
The first vaccinations are to be administered on March 31, a spokesman for the Bavarian Ministry of Health emphasized when asked.
According to information from the KVB, vaccination should start in around 1700 practices.
Doctors have 33,600 vaccine doses from the manufacturer Astrazeneca at their disposal.
After the first vaccinations on March 31st and April 1st, there will be no vaccination appointments in the practices over Easter.
From this Tuesday, however, all other practices can also order vaccines, said the KVB spokesman.
They should then receive vaccine from the manufacturer Biontech / Pfizer through their pharmacies in the middle of next week.
“In the first few weeks, only a very limited amount of vaccine will be available, which the practices will inoculate based on the priority requirements of the federal government.” The doctors will contact their patients to make an appointment for the first and second vaccination.
Bavarian vaccination summit: faster vaccinations against corona?
Söder press conference live today
First report from March 30th, 6.27 a.m.:
Munich - How can vaccinations * against Corona be possible faster?
The Bavarian state government around Prime Minister Markus Söder wants to discuss this on Tuesday (10 a.m.) with representatives of the County Council, City Council, the Association of Bavarian Business and General Practitioners in a video channel.
At 12 noon there will be a press conference at which Söder and Bavaria's Minister of Health, Klaus Holetschek, will provide information on the results of the switch.
The CSU * boss announced the vaccination summit last week.
Corona in Bavaria: Vaccination summit with Söder and Holetschek - vaccination start in general practitioners' practices
Politicians and experts want to develop a clear vaccination management * for the next few months.
The interaction between the vaccination centers and around 8,000 general practitioners' practices in Bavaria is also to be defined.
The first family doctors should vaccinate against Corona * from March 31.
Söder had indicated last week that there could also be changes to the vaccination sequence, for example when vaccinations by company doctors in companies.
In Eastern Bavaria, this is already practiced in hotspots along the border to the particularly affected Czech Republic.
“We would like to expand that bit by bit,” Söder had announced.
Survey: Citizens in Bavaria want faster corona vaccinations from their family doctor
Meanwhile, the citizens of the Free State want a "faster and stronger involvement of general practitioners in the vaccination campaign *".
This was the result of a representative survey by the GMS Institute for the TV broadcaster Sat.1-Bayern.
93 percent of respondents said that would bring something or a lot.
For 85 percent of those questioned, an expansion of vaccine production in Germany would help, for 63 percent a "reduction or abandonment of rigid bureaucratic regulations for vaccination".
When looking at the entire Corona policy, the respondents remain critical.
When asked "Will the federal, state and local governments get the situation under control again in the course of the year?", 56 percent were pessimistic and only 34 percent confident.
If the incidence is over 100, the emergency brake applies with strict corona rules in the affected districts.
You can find a summary of all measures here. *
Survey on corona policy: 70 percent see Söder as a "good Prime Minister"
65 percent agreed with the state government's corona policy, compared to 72 percent in November when the question was last asked.
In spite of the Imfdebakel and CSU mask affair *, Markus Söder see 70 percent as "good Prime Minister", after 75 percent in February.
When asked who they would “personally prefer Laschet or Söder” as candidate for the Bundestag election, 53 percent said Söder, 20 percent voted for the CDU chairman Armin Laschet.
So Söder has further improved since the February survey (49:31).
The representative telephone survey in Bavaria with 1005 respondents from March 24 to 29, 2021 was carried out by the Hamburg survey institute GMS on behalf of "17:30 SAT.1 Bavaria".
(kam / dpa) * Merkur.de / bayern is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
Germany is afflicted by different variants of the coronavirus.
The border regions in particular have turned out to be hotspots.
The Ministry of Health responds. *
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