There is enough vaccine, but the vaccination rate is far too low.
Spahn and RKI boss Wieler made a statement on Wednesday at a press conference on the vaccination campaign.
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 informed about the status of the vaccination campaign on Wednesday (September 8th).
You can read the press conference in Berlin here in the ticker.
Update from September 8, 11:56 a.m
.: The joint press conference with Federal Health
Minister
Jens Spahn and RKI boss Lothar Wieler has ended.
We have summarized the most important points of the PK in Berlin for you here:
Spahn and RKI boss Wieler again urgently appeal to the population to get vaccinated against corona.
The vaccination rate in Germany is currently far too low.
RKI boss Lothar Wieler warned that the fourth wave could take a "brilliant course" if the vaccination rates do not increase
(update, 11:10 am).
Next week, the federal government will be promoting the corona vaccination.
Retailers are also supporting
the vaccination campaign with posters and campaigns in many places
(update, 11:16 a.m.).
Update from September 8, 11.44 a.m.:
According to RKI boss Wieler, a corona vaccine for children should come next year. "We have to make sure that the children do not become infected," stressed Wieler when asked by a journalist. Therefore, from the point of view of the RKI, it is important that everyone from the age of 12 gets vaccinated and at the same time to maintain the measures in the daycare centers and schools. Children are less ill than adults, data has shown so far. But there are also children who are seriously ill with Covid-19 who have to be treated in intensive care units. Much is still unclear, however. It is all the more important to protect children preventively.
“Children had to do without many in the pandemic.
Those who don't like vaccinations should think about it, ”interjects Jens Spahn.
And repeats: Vaccination is a personal decision, but a decision that affects many others.
Corona: Wieler warns - "Many still do not take the disease seriously"
Update from September 8th, 11:31 am
: "Many people still do not take the disease seriously," said RKI boss Lothar Wieler on journalists' inquiries about those who refused to be vaccinated.
There are also skeptics who would still doubt the safety of the vaccine.
Their arguments are, for example, "everything happened so quickly with the vaccine."
Update from September 8, 11:22 a.m
.: 3G rules, AHA rules + L (ventilation) and vaccinations have been set for autumn and winter, says Spahn at the request of a journalist.
2G is an option for private providers to make an event more secure, for example.
Update from September 8th, 11:16 am
: The trade association supports the federal government's vaccination campaign under the motto “Life instead of lockdown”.
It is a broad alliance that has come together for this.
It is important to achieve a new start in the city centers as well, said Stefan Genth from the German Trade Association (HDE).
Millions of customers are to be reached every day.
RKI boss Lothar Wieler also appeals to those who don't like vaccinations
Update from September 8th, 11:10 am
: "Please get vaccinated", appeals RKI boss Lothar Wieler. Everyone wants to get through autumn and winter as safely as possible, says Wieler. Any vaccination would help contain the pandemic. "Anyone who does not get vaccinated will sooner or later get Sars-CoV-2." The vaccination would have prevented numerous hospital admissions and deaths in Germany, as the RKI has calculated. RKI boss Lothar Wieler warned that the fourth wave could take a "brilliant course" if the vaccination rates do not increase. Corona patients in intensive care units are getting younger and younger - and that is mainly due to the fact that some people do not get vaccinated.
1 / “My urgent request: everyone who can be vaccinated but has not yet been vaccinated: Get #vaccinated now.”
# RKI President Lothar H. Wieler today in the # Federal press conference on the current # Corona situation with the Federal Minister of Health @jensspahn pic.twitter.com/h98mVfLlGd
- Robert Koch Institute (@rki_de) September 8, 2021
Update from September 8, 11:06 a.m
.: Vaccination remains a personal decision, emphasizes Spahn.
But it is also about protecting others.
Germany has achieved a lot in the corona pandemic.
He also refers to the successes in vaccination.
"We have the means to get out of the pandemic."
Spahn: "vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate"
Update from September 8th, 11 am
: "Vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate" is the topic of the hour according to Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn.
The aim is to raise the vaccination rates, stresses Spahn.
Nobody could get past the information in the last few months.
Perhaps there was a lack of opportunities, for example on the sports field and shopping.
A joint vaccination week with the federal government, states, municipalities and many other actors should start next week.
Update from September 8, 10:57 a.m
.: Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn and RKI boss Lothar Wieler are giving a press conference on the corona situation in Germany again after a long break.
It is mainly about the status of the vaccination campaign.
Update from September 8, 10:42 a.m
.: Around 17 million adults in Germany are still unvaccinated.
The vaccination rate is currently 61.5 percent (fully vaccinated).
According to doctors and experts, a higher vaccination rate is urgently needed to prevent a corona outbreak in autumn.
Especially to protect children.
Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn praises the vaccination campaigns in Bremen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saarland and Schleswig-Holstein.
“66% (54.9 million) have been vaccinated at least once, 61.6% (51.2 million) have full vaccination protection.
Bremen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saarland or Schleswig-Holstein show that it is possible: If we achieve vaccination quotas like in these countries, it will be a safe winter for all of us, ”tweeted Spahn on Wednesday.
Corona vaccination campaign stalls - Spahn and RKI boss comment on the situation
First report from September 8, 2021
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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