Holetschek sees a need for improvement in corona indicators - "I would have liked clearer parameters"

For Bavaria's Minister of Health Holetschek, there are still ambiguities in the decisions of the Prime Minister's Conference on the subject of corona indicators.

Munich - After the Prime Minister's Conference (MPK) in Berlin *, Bavaria's Health Minister Klaus Holetschek (CSU) is not entirely satisfied with the result.

He is particularly bothered by the unclear position on the indicators that are to be used as the basis for measures to combat the corona pandemic *.

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The corona indicators are defined too imprecisely for Holetschek

The CSU politician had commented

on the results of the MPK

on

on Wednesday

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The indicators still need to be improved.

“With the subject of incidence and other factors, I would have liked to have found clearer parameters.

The federal government is called upon again to submit what "

Which indicators should be used in the future as a basis for action decisions,

was a topic of the MPK with Angela Merkel * (CDU).

Holetschek's decisions in this case were probably too vague.

According to the MPK decision, the number of hospital admissions due to Covid-19 is to be regarded as an “important parameter for assessing the infection rate”.

However, what this means exactly is still unclear.

It also says there that the federal and state governments "want to take into account all indicators, in particular the incidence *, the vaccination rate, and the number of severe disease courses and the resulting burden on the health system" in order to adjust the corona measures if necessary.

Here, too, there are no specific numbers or limits.

An overview of the resolutions of the MPK in Berlin (video)

Holetschek with a clear statement on vaccination

Another important point for the head of the conference of health ministers is vaccination. Holetschek was satisfied that this aspect of combating pandemics was once again clearly emphasized by the MPK. He told the ZDF morning magazine: "Vaccinating helps us out of the pandemic, not testing." The abolition of the free corona rapid tests * from October 11th was correct. The solidarity community can no longer pay for it, "if one or the other says: I will not be vaccinated because I wait until everyone else has been vaccinated."