There is enough vaccine, but the vaccination rate is far too low.
The federal government wants to get the corona vaccination campaign going.
Spahn and RKI boss Wieler want to comment.
With a view to autumn and winter, the corona vaccination rate in Germany is far too low.
Federal Health Minister Spahn and RKI boss Wieler want to inform about the status of the vaccination campaign on Wednesday.
In the live ticker you can follow the press conference in Berlin from 11 a.m.
Berlin - New corona infections in Germany are increasing relentlessly, but vaccination is not progressing. The vaccination rate is far too low with a view to autumn and winter. According to experts, the fourth corona wave can hardly be flattened this way. "The vaccination quota concerns us all," tweeted Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) on Monday. A joint effort is needed in September.
The federal government wants to kick-start vaccinations with a nationwide week of action starting next Monday.
Together with the federal states, it calls for easy-to-see offers to be made in as many places as possible - for example in sports clubs, at the voluntary fire brigade, in pharmacies or multigenerational houses - with the motto: "This is where vaccination takes place".
Vaccination offers should be found on the website www.hierwirdgeimpft.de.
Corona in Germany - PK with Spahn and Wieler in Berlin
Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) wants to speak to the head of the Robert Koch Institute, Lothar Wieler, on the status of the vaccination campaign this Wednesday.
Stefan Genth from the German Trade Association (HDE) and Patrick Zahn from KiK Textiles are also expected to attend the press conference.
Medical President Reinhardt calls for a restart of the corona vaccination campaign
Medical President Klaus Reinhardt therefore calls for a fresh start.
Many unvaccinated people are not convinced that they refuse to be vaccinated, said the President of the German Medical Association of the German Press Agency.
"In order to reach those who are undecided, the vaccination campaign in Germany has to be completely redesigned."
"But now we need much more targeted communication measures and low-threshold vaccination offers." What is needed are creative concepts.
"We are slowly ruining the health system"
The director of virology at the University Hospital Essen warned of an overload in the intensive care units. "We are slowly ruining the health system," said Ulf Dittmer of the
Rheinische Post
. In his clinic, the number of sick people with severe symptoms is 23. Of these, 20 are not vaccinated and the youngest is 20 years old. Dittmer therefore called for a discussion about the compulsory vaccination. "We need to talk about that," he said. There is already no more free space in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) for treatment with a heart-lung machine.
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