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Jens Spahn: "The stated goal is that the federal states offer underage schoolchildren a vaccination offer by the end of August."
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In order to promote the vaccination campaign among young people as well, Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn advocates reserving vaccination doses from the manufacturers Biontech and Pfizer. "One way to get regular classes after the summer vacation is to vaccinate the youngsters," said the CDU politician of "Bild am Sonntag". »The declared aim is for the federal states to offer underage schoolchildren a vaccination offer by the end of August. Because they are only eligible for a certain vaccine because of the approval, enough Biontech doses have to be reserved for it. "
The EU Medicines Agency (EMA) wants to decide this month on the approval of the corona vaccine from the manufacturers Biontech and Pfizer for children from the age of twelve.
The US drug authority FDA had approved the preparation of the German manufacturer Biontech and its US partner Pfizer for children and adolescents aged 12 to 15 years.
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The US pharmaceutical manufacturer Moderna is aiming for something similar.
The group is hoping for European vaccine approval for children and adolescents aged 12 to 17 years.
An application to the EMA is planned at the beginning of next month, said Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel, who comes from France, of the French Sunday newspaper "Le Journal du Dimanche".
Moderna's preparation is one of four corona vaccines with approval in the European Union.
Karliczek calls for a timetable
Federal Minister of Education Anja Karliczek calls for a timetable for vaccinations for children and adolescents from the age of twelve in all federal states. The CDU politician told the newspapers of the Funke media group that children and young people should be able to be offered a vaccination by the beginning of the next school year, if possible. »I want school operations to start relatively normally everywhere, especially after the summer holidays. It would be very helpful if as many pupils as possible were vaccinated. «According to the Minister, the vaccination summit of the federal and state governments is to deal with the subject in the coming week.
The German Association of Cities suggested that the vaccination centers be involved in the vaccination of schoolchildren in the summer. The President of the City Council Burkhard Jung told the newspapers of the Funke media group that it must now be clarified quickly where children from the age of 12 should be vaccinated in the near future. "Before the new school year as many young people as possible should receive at least the first vaccination." In general, he advocated keeping the centers, because it was unclear when doctors' practices and company doctors would be able to provide the vaccinations in full.
The health authorities in Germany reported 6714 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within one day.
That comes from numbers from Sunday morning, which reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 5:11 a.m.
For comparison: a week ago the value was 8500 infections.
The RKI stated the seven-day incidence on Sunday morning as 64.5 nationwide (previous day: 66.8; previous week: 83.1).
On Sunday, the number of cases reported by the RKI is usually lower, partly because fewer tests are carried out on the weekend.
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