A vaccination offer is to be made to young people aged twelve and over from June 7th.
This was announced by Chancellor Angela Merkel after the vaccination summit on Thursday.
News ticker.
Chancellor Angela Merkel * (CDU *) and the prime ministers of the federal states met at the vaccination summit on Thursday.
The topics covered were Corona * vaccinations for schoolchildren, vaccination logistics and the vaccination certificate.
From June 7th, adolescents from the age of twelve will also be offered a vaccination
(see update from May 27th, 6:00 p.m.).
However, no additional vaccine comes to Germany for this.
Malu Dreyer, Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate, criticizes Jens Spahn for his communication
(see update from May 28, 4:25 p.m.)
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This news ticker for the vaccination summit is continuously updated.
Update from May 28, 5:05 p.m.:
On Friday afternoon, the EU medicines agency EMA announced its decision.
The Biontech / Pfizer corona vaccine is also approved for children from the age of twelve *.
Update from May 28, 4:25 p.m.:
Malu Dreyer, Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate, is bothered by Jens Spahn's statements about the distribution of the vaccination doses *. The communication of the Federal Health Minister sharply criticized the SPD politician. "Everyone actually assumed that 'additional' means that the federal government, which is responsible for the supply of vaccines, provides additional vaccine doses, and that this is also possible," said Dreyer. "That was a big misunderstanding or an unhappy communication," she quotes the dpa. Without additional vaccination doses, it will be difficult to vaccinate adolescents from June 7th.
Previously, the country bosses had reportedly been happy about more vaccine doses, but the existing ones should only be redistributed.
Malu Dreyer hits in the same line with her criticism.
Vaccination prioritization will be lifted on June 7th - Woidke does not expect a "lottery game"
Update from May 28, 10.15 a.m.:
Dietmar Woidke, Brandenburg's Prime Minister, does not expect a "lottery game" with a view to the end of prioritization for corona vaccinations on June 7th. The decision of the federal and state governments does not mean that there are no more priorities, the SPD politician said on Friday in RBB information radio. “Now these priorities are essentially being set by the doctors in the country, namely family doctors in particular. And that's a job they can do. ”He went on to emphasize:“ I have a lot of confidence that making appointments doesn't run like a lottery game, ”said Woidke. The family doctors make the decision based on the amount of vaccine available. They take people first who have special risks and who could get sick particularly quickly.
According to Woidke, it is correct that young people from the age of twelve should be included in the vaccination campaign from June 7th.
“If there are illnesses or special risk factors here, for example, then the young people also have to be vaccinated.” The main Achilles heel, however, remains the lack of vaccines.
"We need more vaccine even faster, and then we'll get through faster."
Update from May 28, 9:40 a.m .:
Chancellery chief Helge Braun (CDU) said on Friday that all children over the age of 12 should receive a corona vaccination offer by the end of summer. "We have now said that we will take the 12-plus-year-olds in with us, that also applies to them," said the CDU politician in the ARD "Morgenmagazin" on Thursday. They want to be through with the vaccinations by mid-September, "we still think that's realistic," said Braun. Braun pointed out that the federal states are free to set up special vaccination offers for schools, "we have not ruled that out". But it is going too far to say that children need to be vaccinated to run a safe school. "That is an individual decision and therefore I would like it if parents and doctors are free and that we neither press them, for or against," said Braun.
Merkel announces vaccination offer for children from June - now the debate is really heating up
Update from May 28,
8:50 a.m.: After the corona vaccination summit on Thursday, the country bosses apparently harbor a grudge against Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU).
The hook for this is an initially inconspicuous word: "Additional".
Because like the
mirror
reported, the last resolution of the conference of health ministers said: Federal states with a concept for a vaccination offer for people between 12 and 18 years of age by the end of August would receive “the additional vaccination doses required for the first and second vaccinations from the federal government”. Additionally. In the federal states, therefore, a special contingent was apparently assumed for this population group. However, the Federal Ministry of Health saw it differently. As the news magazine reports, they only meant a new redistribution - and no extra doses for children and adolescents.
This caused unrest among the prime ministers.
"If we do not get an additional vaccine, we need a new assessment of the situation," quotes the
Spiegel
from participant circles, the Rhineland-Palatinate Prime Minister Malu Dreyer (SPD).
And Baden-Württemberg's Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) wanted to know what the point of such a decision would be if the additional commitment could not be correct at all.
Corona vaccination summit: Merkel announces vaccination offer for children from June - the debate continues to heat up
Update from May 28, 7 a.m.:
The debate about the consequences of approving the corona vaccine for children and adolescents is getting more and more heated before the expected EMA decision. Federal Family Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD) spoke out clearly in favor of allowing children and young people to fully participate in the opening steps from the lockdown. A corona vaccination should not play a role. “That must apply to participation in face-to-face lessons, but also to leisure activities such as swimming pool visits or vacations,” says Lambrecht.
"First and foremost, paediatricians and general practitioners are the competent contact persons", said the chairman of the Association for Education and Upbringing, Udo Beckmann, of the German Press Agency.
"In addition, there must never be any doubt that the right to decide whether or not an individual child may be vaccinated lies solely with the parents." The European Medicines Agency (EMA) wants to decide this Friday whether children can be vaccinated in the EU .
The relevant expert committee will hold an extraordinary meeting to discuss the approval of the Biontech / Pfizer vaccine for children aged 12 and over.
So far, it has been approved for ages 16 and over in the EU.
Corona vaccination summit with Merkel: Offer for children and adolescents - But before the EU decision, the debate was already heated
Beckmann criticizes the fact that before the vaccination summit, expectations were raised that could not be met: “We understand the euphoria, because vaccination promises normality. But to always take the second step before the first step and to talk about vaccination mobiles in front of schools, even before the vaccine has been approved for this age group, let alone recommended by the responsible vaccination commission, is tantamount to negligent deception . It is doubtful whether the resolutions would have any significant positive effects on school operations in the next school year, said association chief Heinz-Peter Meidinger of the editorial network Germany (RND).
The EMA wants to announce the result of its deliberations on the approval of the Biontech vaccine at 3 p.m. in Amsterdam.
However, the Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko) in Germany wants to take its time with its recommendation, because from their point of view the data on side effects in children are still too thin.
She has indicated that she may only want to recommend vaccination for previously ill children.
Corona vaccination summit: Merkel announces vaccination offer for children from June - important clarification on delivery quantities will follow
Update from May 27, 6.42 p.m.:
The central result of the vaccination summit is probably the vaccination offer for children and adolescents from the age of twelve from June 7th. The prerequisite for this is the pending approval from EMA. An offer should then be made to all twelve to 16 year olds by the end of summer, similar to the rest of the German population. A vaccination should not be a prerequisite for vacation and school lessons, Merkel, Söder and Müller all emphasized that. There will be no compulsory vaccination.
Update from May 27th, 6:24 pm:
In response to several inquiries as to whether children and adolescents now have to queue up, Merkel counters: "Nobody queues up." If an explicit recommendation is given for previously ill children, they are also given priority vaccination .
Basically, the lifting of the prioritization on June 7th only means that a vaccination is also possible for young people.
Merkel emphasized once again that all young people between the ages of twelve and 16 should be offered a vaccination by the end of the summer.
Vaccination summit with Merkel, Söder and Müller: "We are not above the Impfberg"
Update from May 27, 6:14 p.m .:
The Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder warns: “We have to budget wisely with the existing vaccine. We are not over the Impfberg. "The vaccination motor should not stop, so Söder. There will be no compulsory vaccination for students. School will also be possible with other options. The graduating classes should preferably be vaccinated first. Söder reports that Stiko is reserved when it comes to recommending vaccinations for children and adolescents. A vaccination will only be possible in Bavaria after consulting a doctor, Söder announced for the Free State. "It is getting better every day in Germany, the concepts worked." Söder thanked for additional doses for crisis regions. "It's getting better every day, but we still have a lot of work to do."
Update from May 27, 6:08 p.m.:
Berlin's governing mayor Michael Müller underlines the importance of a uniform solution for proving a vaccination. Müller reports on discussions about delivery quantities and the coordination of deliveries between the federal states. According to Müller, the most important point at the summit was the vaccination of children and adolescents. “In connection with the next vaccine deliveries, we will also be able to make you a vaccination offer if the prioritization starts on June 7th. falls. ”But it is also clear:“ We don't have any additional vaccines. ”By omitting the prioritization, however, one could try to find an appointment.
Update from May 27, 6:03 p.m.:
Merkel reports delivery problems at the manufacturer of Johnson & Johnson.
However, it is gratifying that Biontech / Pfizer and Moderna deliver reliably.
The promise regarding the vaccination offer could therefore be upheld.
As for a digital vaccination certificate, Merkel announced an independent app.
Integration into the existing Corona warning app is also possible.
Vaccination summit with Merkel: Chancellor announces vaccination offer for children from June
Update from May 27th, 6:00 p.m.:
After the vaccination summit, Chancellor Angela Merkel, Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder and the chairman of the Prime Minister's Conference Michael Müller present the results at a press conference. The vaccination campaign for children from twelve to 16 years of age had been discussed for a long time. At the conference, Stiko confirmed that if the vaccine was approved, it would recommend vaccination for young people between the ages of twelve and 16 as soon as possible.
Merkel confirms once again that vacation and classroom teaching will not depend on a vaccination.
Both are also possible without, according to the Chancellor.
The prioritization will be lifted from June 7th, after which it will be possible to offer young people from the age of twelve a vaccination offer.
By the end of the summer, everyone over the age of twelve should receive a vaccination offer in Germany.
The press conference after the vaccination summit in Relive
Update from May 27th, 5:51 pm:
According to information from the
picture
, Chancellor Angela Merkel is said to have made it clear at the vaccination summit: “0-12 year olds have to wait longer.
Until the end of the year or the beginning of next year, ”said Merkel in the afternoon of the Prime Minister's meeting.
The debate about possible vaccinations for children and adolescents is one of the central topics of the vaccination summit.
Berlin's Prime Minister Michael Müller affirmed in the round: "Many expect a clear assessment of the Stiko." Expectations regarding the vaccination of children and adolescents are huge.
An assessment by the Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko) can only be expected in ten to 14 days.
Health Minister Jens Spahn had previously stated: “It was agreed that all 12-18 year olds would be offered an offer by the end of August.
I think that is feasible. ”Biontech doses should be reserved for children, so Spahn further, because the vaccine can be expected to be approved for younger age groups.
Vaccination summit with Merkel: Germany threatens the next corona bang - first details from Spahn plan leaked
Update from May 27, 4:22 p.m.:
The Federal
Ministry of
Health expects the corona vaccinations * of young people between the ages of twelve and 18 to require almost 6.4 million vaccination doses from the manufacturer Biontech. This emerges from documents that the ministry sent to the countries in preparation for the vaccination summit on Thursday and that
are available to the
AFP
news
agency
. According to this, the entire age group should receive a vaccination offer by the end of August.
According to the Ministry's documents, 5.3 million people between the ages of twelve and 18 live in Germany.
For them, "a vaccination readiness of 60 percent is assumed".
This means that the "currently assumed need is 3.18 million doses each for the first and second vaccination" of children and adolescents.
Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn has ruled out compulsory vaccination for children and adolescents, for example as a prerequisite for attending school.
The federal government wants to make the required vaccination doses available to the federal states "step by step from the total delivery quantities for June, July and August," according to one of the drafts.
The countries should use "country-specific concepts" to ensure that the vaccination doses are used specifically for vaccinating the age group in question.
Vaccination summit with Merkel: Opposition with high expectations - "We expect answers"
Update from May 27, 3:30 p.m.:
The opposition's expectations of the ongoing federal-state vaccination summit are high.
"The population is increasingly suffering from the social, cultural and economic consequences of the pandemic and expects answers from the federal government on how things should go on now," said FDP General Secretary Volker Wissing on Thursday.
“We expect answers to the question of how vaccinations can be accelerated.
We expect a clear line from the federal government on the question of how we deal with the vaccination of children and adolescents, ”added Wissing.
"All questions" about the planned digital vaccination certificate would also have to be answered.
He is certain: "The impatience in the population is increasing."
The chairman of the left-wing parliamentary group, Amira Mohamed Ali, called for clarity on "how vaccination will continue in the next few weeks and months so that all people who want to be vaccinated can finally get a vaccination offer".
Germany is still “miles away from the herd immunity that can save”.
Regarding the vaccination of children and adolescents, "binding data on the safety of the vaccine for children" and good preparation are necessary so that - after approval - vaccination can be carried out immediately.
As long as there is not even enough vaccine for parents and teachers, the discussion about vaccinating children seems like a distraction debate. "
Jens Spahn hopes for a "peak of confidence" - the federal and state governments advise on corona vaccinations in Germany
Update from May 27th, 1:30 pm:
Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) is hoping for a "peak of confidence". He rejects criticism of the distribution of the vaccine: "At the moment, it's too much for me to see who gets what," said Spahn on Thursday in Berlin. It is not a matter of calculating exactly how much vaccine, for example, practices and company doctors received. “It's not about that. In essence, it is about being able to vaccinate as many citizens as possible as quickly as possible. ”Immediately before the federal and state vaccination summit, he is promoting“ that it will be a summit of confidence ”.
The CDU politician also stated: “First of all, I am promoting to see where we are.” On Easter Monday, 12 percent of Germans had been vaccinated for the first time - seven weeks later it was now over 40 percent. "I had the impression that four or six weeks ago nobody would have thought that we would have vaccinated over 40 percent at least once at Pentecost, that we would have vaccinated over 50 percent at least once at the beginning of July." That was with the announced deliveries of vaccine but now foreseeable. In view of estimates that 70 to 80 percent of adults want to be vaccinated, this is then a large proportion.
With a view to the summer holidays, the Minister of Health called on people in Germany to be careful.
He advocates "to be very careful even on vacation, to take care of each other in case of doubt, not yet again first (..) the party in a confined space, but in case of doubt on the beach with wind".
Vaccination summit with Merkel: criticism of the preferred corona vaccination of schoolchildren by the Greens politicians
Update from May 27, 11.20
a.m.: Before the vaccination summit with Merkel, the health politician Janosch Dahmen (Greens) expressed himself critically about a preferred corona vaccination for schoolchildren. "It is important to vaccinate parents, relatives and relatives, teachers and pedagogical staff, before in a final step - in the case of a recommendation by the Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko) - we also get parts of children and adolescents to be able to vaccinate ", so Dahmen in the ARD" Morgenmagazin ". Many people in the risk groups have not yet been vaccinated. Compared to
t-online
He advised politicians to take into account Stiko's outstanding decision: "As politicians, we are well advised not to further undermine the scientific committees in Germany, even if the results sometimes do not suit us," said Dahmen.
Dahmen, himself a doctor, pointed out in the ARD “Morgenmagazin” that the EMA approval will initially only affect the age group from twelve years of age, so further protective measures will have to be taken anyway.
"We have to take countermeasures here, through protective measures, through testing, by making school really safe for all age groups."
Vaccination summit with Merkel today: country leaders angry in advance - Germany threatens the next corona bang
Update from May 27, 9:05 a.m.:
Today everything revolves around the subject of corona vaccinations in Germany between Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and the country chiefs. Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) said on Thursday that he wanted to focus more on socially disadvantaged people in the vaccination campaign. There should be more low-threshold vaccination offers for these people - for example “in front of supermarkets, on marketplaces or in churches or mosques”. There are people "for whom it is a hurdle to call the doctor or to register at the vaccination center by phone or online". A vaccination offer must also be made to these people. Spahn described the vaccination summit in the afternoon as the “summit of the interim balance”.
Lower Saxony's Prime Minister Stephan Weil (SPD) has meanwhile reacted with incomprehension to signals from the Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko) that it may not be making a general vaccination recommendation for children for the time being
(see initial report)
. "Children and adolescents can become infected and pass the virus on, so they have to get a vaccination offer - provided that there is approval, in which the benefits and risks have been weighed," he told the
editorial network Germany
. "The fact that the permanent vaccination commission is suddenly questioning the meaning of a comprehensive vaccination of schoolchildren in principle irritates me and many other people as well."
Weil asked the federal government to provide the necessary vaccination doses for vaccinating the students.
“The Federal Minister of Health has aroused the clear expectation that all pupils will be offered a vaccination as soon as the vaccine has been approved for them.
I expect that the federal government will then also make the corresponding vaccine doses available in sufficient numbers, ”said Weil.
Corona vaccination summit with Chancellor Merkel: Greens health politician sees preference for schoolchildren as critical
Update from May 27, 8.25 a.m.:
Corona vaccine is only available in limited quantities.
Even if more cans are now being delivered, this fact remains unchanged.
This means: Not all those who want to be vaccinated can receive a vaccination offer straight away.
But now corona vaccinations are also being discussed for children and adolescents.
If it is ensured that the vaccines are sufficiently effective and that no serious side effects occur, SPD leader Saskia Esken pleads for children over the age of twelve and all parents to be offered vaccinations quickly, she told the newspapers of the
Funke media group
.
At the same time, she made Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) responsible for getting more vaccines.
Vaccination summit with Merkel: Prime ministers see “unjust vaccine distribution” in Germany
Update from May 27, 7:10 a.m.:
Corona vaccinations for children and adolescents: This is one of the big topics that the federal and state governments will discuss at the vaccination summit on Thursday from 2 p.m.
(see first report)
. The federal states are currently preparing concepts, with each government going its own way to a certain extent.
Berlin's governing mayor Michael Müller (SPD) demanded a realistic timetable for possible vaccinations in advance. “It is good that the vaccination campaign is gaining momentum. But we cannot rest on that and now we have to set the course for the next steps, ”he told the German Press Agency. Good organization is important for the coming weeks when the vaccination prioritization is lifted. Reliability helps more than some early announcements. And also important in his opinion: “When booster vaccinations are necessary, speed counts. The vaccination campaign must now be prepared for such scenarios. "
Brandenburg's Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke (SPD) and Hamburg's mayor Peter Tschentscher (SPD) criticized the vaccine distribution among the federal states.
"Brandenburg gets less than other countries in percentage terms," said Woidke to the
editorial network in Germany
.
"I want to know why that is," said the SPD politician.
Basically, the federal government must deliver the announced vaccination quantities.
According to Tschentscher, a good 40,000 doses of vaccine have not been delivered to his country.
"The vaccine distribution in Germany is unfair," he told
Spiegel
.
“The disadvantage increases every week.
There must now be a compensation quickly. ”If this does not come, the first vaccinations in the Hamburg vaccination center could no longer be given in June, warned Tschentscher.
Vaccination summit with Merkel: Prime Minister with clear demands on the federal government
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Chancellor Angela Merkel exchanges ideas with the country leaders on Thursday.
(Archive image)
© Markus Schreiber / dpa
First report
from May 27th:
Berlin - May 27th is vaccination summit day in Germany, because many questions about corona vaccinations are still open.
Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and the 16 prime ministers therefore come together for a video conference.
As usual, a press conference is planned to follow the deliberations from 2 p.m.
Three major topics are on the agenda:
Vaccinations for students
the digital vaccination certificate
vaccination logistics in summer
Vaccination summit on Thursday with Merkel: wait for Stiko recommendation for children's vaccination?
No corona vaccine has yet been approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for people under the age of 16. But a decision on the approval of the Biontech / Pfizer * corona vaccine for older children is conceivable this week. That is why the heads of government want to be prepared. The federal and state health ministers aim to offer children and adolescents from the age of twelve a vaccination offer by the end of August.
But the topic is controversial: Federal Health Minister * Jens Spahn (CDU) spoke out in favor of including children and adolescents in the vaccination campaign - even if there was no corresponding recommendation from the Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko). Stiko member Rüdiger von Kries expressed skepticism in the
RBB
about a general vaccination recommendation for children and adolescents.
Grund dafür sei das unklare Risiko einer Corona-Impfung bei Kindern. Momentan sei „nichts“ über die Nebenwirkungen von Corona-Impfungen bei Kindern bekannt, sagte von Kries. „Bei unklarem Risiko kann ich zur Zeit noch nicht vorhersehen, dass es eine Impfempfehlung für eine generelle Impfung geben wird“, sagte er weiter. NRW-Ministerpräsident Armin Laschet (CDU) kündigen an, sein Land werde sich an die Empfehlungen der Stiko halten. Auch Thüringens Ministerpräsident Bodo Ramelow (Linke*) plädierte dafür, die Stiko-Festlegung abzuwarten.
Darüber hinaus wird diskutiert, wo Schüler schnell geimpft werden könnten. Auch zur Debatte, ob Bundesländer, die eher in die Sommerferien starten, auch zuerst mit Impfstoff für junge Menschen beliefert werden sollten, gibt es offene Fragen.
Corona-Impfgipfel in Deutschland: Der digitale Impfpass kommt
Außerdem steht der digitale Impfpass nun in den Startlöchern. EU-Länder und EU-Parlament hatten sich zuletzt auf Details eines europaweiten Zertifikats* zum Nachweis von Corona-Impfungen, -Tests und überstandenen Covid-19-Erkrankungen geeinigt. Deutschland steht jedoch noch vor der Herausforderung, auch bereits Geimpften diesen elektronischen Nachweis zu bieten. Hausärzte fürchten bereits den bürokratischen Aufwand, der damit verbunden ist.
Ministerpräsidenten drängen auf Impfstoff-Nachschub - Beratungen auf dem Impfgipfel mit Merkel
Because more vaccine is now being delivered than at the beginning of the year, the vaccination campaign in Germany has recently gained momentum.
According to figures from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), 14.8 percent are already fully vaccinated, 40.8 percent at least once
(as of May 26, 12.50 p.m.)
.
But the news that Biontech will reduce the delivery volume of its corona vaccine in the coming weeks is clouding the mood somewhat.
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Armin Laschet (CDU), Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, on Wednesday after the visit to the vaccination center in Düsseldorf.
© Federico Gambarini / dpa
CDU-Chef Armin Laschet hat den Bund vor dem Impfgipfel bereits aufgefordert, ausreichend Impfstoff für den Sommer zu beschaffen. Die Impfkampagne laufe nur so lange weiter, wie für Nachschub gesorgt werde. Der Bund müsse „alles dafür tun, damit es im Sommer keine Dellen oder Ausfälle gibt.“
Auch die rheinland-pfälzische Ministerpräsidentin Malu Dreyer (SPD*) wünscht sich mehr Verlässlichkeit bei der Impfstoff Verteilung: „Wir brauchen vor allem mehr Transparenz und Verlässlichkeit rund um die mengenmäßige und gerechte Verteilung von Impfstoff nach Einwohnerschlüssel je Bundesland.“ Der Bund sei gefordert, „dringend für mehr Impfstoff für die Impfzentren und die niedergelassenen Ärzte zu sorgen, insbesondere wenn nun zum 7. Juni auch alle Impfpriorisierungen aufgehoben werden sollen“, sagte Dreyer. Wenn zusätzliche Ärztegruppen, wie die Betriebsärzte, in die Kampagne einbezogen würden, müsse zusätzlicher Impfstoff zur Verfügung gestellt werden. (cibo/dpa/AFP) *Merkur.de ist ein Angebot von IPPEN.MEDIA.
Rubriklistenbild: © Annegret Hilse