Corona alarm in Bavaria: Söder gives reasons and what it takes now - is the vaccine running out?

The corona situation in Bavaria remains tense: the infections are increasing, the intensive care units are full.

Is there a threat of a vaccine shortage?

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• Markus Söder * consulted with clinic representatives and called for new measures from the federal government

  (see update from November 11th, 1:36 p.m.).

• After meeting with hospital representatives: Söder railed against traffic light announcements on PK

  (see update from November 11th, 1.40 p.m.)

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• Holetschek gives the all-clear.

  There is enough Corona * vaccine in Bavaria (see update from November 11, 6.44 p.m.).

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Update from November 11th, 6.44 p.m.:

Again and again the politicians advertise vaccination as the only way out of the pandemic *.

But is the vaccine already in short supply in Bavaria?

Reports from Munich suggest this.

Health Minister Holetschek has now commented on this.

“There is actually no shortage of vaccines.” If there are bottlenecks in some places, it is based on logistical problems.

Holetschek emphasized that there are currently no problems with ventilators either.

However, other signals are coming from the Bavarian capital: "Due to the strong increase in demand for initial and booster vaccinations, vaccines are becoming scarce in the Free State of Bavaria," announced the city of Munich.

The police even had to be called to the Munich vaccination center in Riem when some people who wanted to be vaccinated had to be sent away and insulted and insulted the employees.

The vaccination center has so far received a negative response to his request for subsequent deliveries, as there is no longer any vaccine in the Upper Bavarian camps.

According to the city, there is therefore the possibility "that various vaccination campaigns will have to be canceled at the weekend until the next regular delivery arrives next Tuesday"

Corona in Bavaria: FDP politician attacks Söder sharply

Meanwhile, the FDP health expert and member of the Bundestag, Professor Andrew Ullmann, commented on Söder's allegations against the potential traffic light coalition.

“The pandemic is not over.

But the responsibility now rests with the countries.

The result in Bavaria is a disaster.

Prime Minister Söder has to attribute that to himself.

He's driving on sight again.

He tries to dazzle the public by pointing to the traffic light.

But he failed.

It is the disaster for Bavaria. "

Corona in Bavaria: Söder gives reasons for the high number of cases

Update from November 11th, 2:45 pm:

Prime Minister Markus Söder met with hospital representatives on Thursday to discuss the tense situation in the Bavarian intensive care units. Söder named three reasons for the high numbers: the unvaccinated, the increasing number of vaccination breakthroughs and the less willingness of people to stick to the rules.

According to Söder, the determination of the disaster is not enough.

He called for a Germany-wide 2G regulation, compulsory vaccination in certain professional groups, 3G in the workplace and a 2G-plus rule in discos.

He also wants to examine the possibility of offering children under twelve years of age a vaccination offer.

All of this must be discussed at the MPK next week.

He sharply criticized the federal government for the new traffic light law.

“What the federal government is doing now is not enough”.

Dramatic corona situation in Bavaria: press conference with Söder to read

2:27 p.m.:

Söder

it is "weak" that one says at the federal level that one is not doing MPK. The countries should regulate it alone. Now they want to talk, but only when the traffic light law has passed the Bundestag. Söder describes this as the "unfortunate style". In his opinion, a national consensus is needed. Above all, a kind of emergency clause is now important for the coming weeks. The press conference has just ended.

2:21 p.m.:

Holetschek gives another statement on the subject of “leisure

” for young people.

He is of the opinion that you have to be consistent.

Improvements have already been made for young people, sport must remain possible.

Everyone has to contribute somewhere to get the numbers back down.

Söder notes that the MPK next week should also discuss whether there is a possibility of vaccinating children earlier.

For example, from the age of eight.

Doctors from Upper Bavaria on the dramatic situation in intensive care units

2:07 p.m.:

Also the medical director of the clinics of Upper Bavaria Dr. Weiler gives an insight into everyday life in the hospital. There is a lack of staff everywhere. Four percent of the intensive care beds in Upper Bavaria are only free. His urgent appeal to the population: Everyone can contribute to minimizing the risk for themselves and those around them. "Please take booster vaccinations," said the director.

1.59 p.m .:

Markus Schopper from Munich's Bogenhausen Clinic says it is now "one minute to twelve".

The vaccination breakthroughs are increasing, are usually not with a severe course.

The nurses are at the end.

"The pandemic is not over," warns Schopper.

The influx of patients is currently extremely high.

It could really hit anyone.

The appeal of the nursing staff: Everyone should go back to themselves and think about a vaccination.

You should think carefully about whether you want to take the risk of infecting other people.

Corona situation in Bavaria: Herrmann promises stronger controls in Bavaria

1:53 p.m.:

Joachim Herrmann has the floor. The purpose of the disaster scenario is not to restrict personal freedoms, for example of those who have been vaccinated. “That's not the issue at all,” says Herrmann. The new regulations 2G or 3G-plus are to be monitored more closely with immediate effect. "It must be clear that it is not the job of the police to control the visitors instead of the operator," said Herrmann. If an individual violates this, he still has to expect a fine (55 euros). The real thing, however, is to determine whether the organizer is carrying out correct controls. That is the point of the increased police controls. The aim is to check whether operators really take their control role seriously.

1:47 p.m.:

Health Minister Holetschek is now speaking.

The disaster scenario would reflect what is happening in Bavarian hospitals.

The situation for nurses would not change overnight, but now is the time to act.

The medical director of a hospital is given more opportunities to intervene in the structures in the event of a disaster.

In this way, you can react more quickly to critical situations regionally.

Holetschek says on the subject of vaccination that the vaccination centers have been ramped up and for this he thanks everyone involved.

"We don't want to send anyone away who needs a booster vaccination," said the Minister of Health.

Holetschek says that a decision must be made next week about the mandatory vaccination.

1.45 p.m.:

With regard to Christmas markets and carnival events, Söder says that uniform rules are needed.

The goal is still to maintain as much normality as possible.

In the end, however, “protection for the country and its people” still counts.

Together we have to overcome the difficult situation.

After meeting with clinic representatives: Söder railed against traffic light announcements

1.40 p.m.:

Söder also calls for supplements for the nursing staff. “A motivational boost” for the nursing staff. In his opinion, vaccination should also be compulsory in certain professional groups. It is also important to promote third-party vaccination. He considers the previous traffic light decisions to be insufficient. Söder sees it as a positive signal when queues can be seen again in front of the vaccination centers. In this context, he is also pleased that everyone in the Bavarian cabinet has now been vaccinated.

"What the federal government is doing now is not enough," said Söder clearly after Olaf Scholz presented the plans for his planned alliance that morning. You can't drive with summer tires in a stormy winter, says Söder and adds: “It won't work”. The fact that Freedom Day was still being talked about last was "absurd", according to Söder. The Prime Minister also harshly criticizes the fact that the MPK will not be due until next Thursday, after the traffic light law has passed through the Bundestag.

With the new law, there is no longer a single emergency option. “That is the real Achilles verse” - the new law means: “Close your eyes and through” - that is “inappropriate”, according to Söder.

1:36 p.m.:

The hospitals in Bavaria are full, so Söder. You have to act immediately. Therefore, the disaster case was declared yesterday, Wednesday. It is primarily used for "bed management" between the hospitals and for reactivating former nursing staff. "But that's not enough," said the minister. The federal government must react. 2G would be needed across Germany. If the distance cannot be maintained, Söder calls for 2G with a mask. He thinks 2G-plus is necessary in discos.

1:34 p.m.:

The press conference begins.

First of all, Markus Söder has the floor.

"The situation is very, very serious and is getting more difficult every day," Söder begins.

It is currently in third place with an incidence of around 250. To believe that it is limited to hotspots is, from his point of view, an illusion.

The reasons are clear.

Söder cites the unvaccinated as the first reason.

In addition, vaccination breakthroughs would increase.

In addition, there is less willingness of the population to stick to the rules.

Update from November 11th, 1:23 p.m.:

The press conference with Prime Minister Markus Söder, Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann and Health Minister Klaus Holetschek will begin in a few minutes. 

Video: Listen to the whole press conference

Corona situation in Munich is coming to a head: Mayor Reiter wants to introduce tightening of the 2G rules

Update from November 11, 12.13 p.m

.: A press conference with Lord Mayor Dieter Reiter is currently running in Munich.

One expects "a collapse of the emergency medical care system" in Munich, said the SPD politician, according to the ZDF reporter Brigitte Saar.

The 380 intensive care beds in the city are "full". *

Then Mayor Reiter announced that there would probably be a uniform 2G regulation in Munich's gastronomy from next week - i.e. access only for those who have been vaccinated and those who have recovered.

For twelve to 18-year-olds, there should be a transitional regulation until the end of the year.

One expects "a collapse of the emergency medical supply system" in Munich, says Mayor Dieter Reiter today on a PK on the Corona situation in Munich City Hall.

The 380 intensive care beds in the city are "full".

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Update from November 11, 11.50 a.m.:

The corona situation in Bavaria is tense - Munich is no exception.

At twelve o'clock there is a press conference with Lord Mayor Dieter Reiter (SPD).

Together with health officer Beatrix Zurek, Dr.

Axel Fischer, Managing Director of the Munich Clinic and Prof. Dr.

Clemens Wendtner, chief physician of infectious diseases at the Munich Clinic Schwabing, on the current corona situation in the state capital.

Corona disaster in Bavaria: Söder calls clinic summit - worrying death rates

Update from November 11th, 9.15 a.m.:

The corona situation in Bavaria is tense, the hospitals are running full (see update from November 10th, 8.19pm). Today, Prime Minister Markus Söder speaks to clinic representatives about the corona situation in hospitals and intensive care units. At 1.30 p.m., the CSU boss will give a press conference together with Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann and Health Minister Klaus Holetschek.

Before the appointment with the clinic representatives, Söder spoke in the ARD morning magazine (MoMa).

Bavaria's Prime Minister blamed the low vaccination rates in the south for the rapid increase in corona infections.

At the same time, Söder rejected allegations in the MoMa that politicians had reacted too late.

"It is not the fault of the states," said the CSU chief.

"Some of the people (...) still behave unreasonably." Söder also called for a nationwide coordinated action against forged vaccination passports.

Corona disaster in Bavaria: the number of deaths increases dramatically - Bavaria at the top nationwide

Update from November 11th, 8:30 a.m

.: The number of corona deaths in Bavaria is increasing rapidly. The Robert Koch Institute reported 71 new pandemic victims in Bavaria on Thursday morning, almost a third of the 234 deaths counted nationwide and thus a figure well above the national average.

As of Wednesday, the pandemic in the Free State claimed 234 deaths within a week, more than in any other state. This emerges from the daily updated evaluation of the Munich Ludwig Maximilians University. In relation to the number of deaths in October, that is more than double.

The Bavaria-wide corona incidence exceeded the threshold of 400 on Thursday with a value of 427.4. The RKI reported 13,456 new infections. As before, five Bavarian districts with the highest incidences nationwide are at the top. In first place is Rottal-Inn with an incidence of 1140.4.

Update from November 11, 7:23 a.m.:

On Wednesday, Bavaria announced that it would

disaster.

The reason is the dramatically increasing corona numbers.

The State Chancellery announced on Wednesday in Munich that Prime Minister Markus Söder ordered the disaster to be established from November 11, 2021 due to the "current worrying situation in the corona pandemic."

Update from November 11th, 6.30 a.m.:

The situation in Bavaria's clinics is tense.

In Rosenheim, the number is currently higher than last winter, when there were no vaccinations.

"But at that time there was a lockdown *, which is why significantly fewer accident patients were admitted," emphasizes clinic managing director Jens Deerberg-Wittram.

“The clinics call for help”: Söder explains the disaster has been declared

Update from November 10, 8:19 p.m.:

For Söder, declaring a nationwide disaster was inevitable in the current situation. He was following a "call for help and a request from the local clinics and also from local politicians to have a legally sound set of instruments in order to react independently," he told the BR. The clinics are full. Competitive situations would arise, "of course also among Covid patients," said the Prime Minister.

90 percent of corona patients in intensive care units are not vaccinated.

The competition between unvaccinated and vaccinated Covid patients as well as cancer, heart attack and stroke patients for an intensive care bed "ultimately leads to a deep division," says Söder.

He is therefore calling for more measures - for example compulsory vaccinations in certain professions - from the new government.

The seriousness of the situation had not yet been recognized there, he informed the BR.

The first regions in Bavaria have now also reacted to the high numbers of infections.

First cities are canceling Christmas markets again.

Corona situation in Bavaria dramatic: Söder declares a disaster

Munich - Despite red hospital traffic lights and strongly tightened corona rules, the situation in Bavaria is getting worse. The Rottal-Inn district reports the astronomically high incidence of 1104.3. District Administrator Fahmüller says: "You can no longer say it nicely: The situation is dramatic." And it doesn't look any better in the hospitals either. In 96 districts and larger cities, only ten percent of the intensive care beds were free on Wednesday. In order to be able to react more quickly to the negative trend, Prime Minister Markus Söder declared a disaster.

The determination of the disaster enables a coordinated and structured approach by all authorities, agencies and organizations involved in disaster control.

The disaster in the corona pandemic was already declared on December 9, 2020, it was not lifted again until June 4, 2021.

Corona in Bavaria: 21 municipalities no longer have any space in their intensive care units

653 people were in the intensive care unit of a Bavarian hospital with Covid 19 on Wednesday, according to the DIVI register. That is a good 130 more than a week ago and around twice as many as three weeks ago. The red traffic light level applies in the Free State of 600 beds or more. Stricter measures and rules - such as 3G in the workplace and an expansion of the 2G rule - are intended to prevent further increases. And it is high time. 21 municipalities reported that the intensive care units in their clinics are full down to the last bed. On a national average, almost 91 percent of intensive care beds are occupied.

What happens now in an emergency?

If all intensive care beds in a community are occupied, new intensive care patients have to be treated in other hospitals further away from the place of residence or accident.

Such relocations have been practiced within Bavaria for weeks.

Hospitals with a high number of corona patients are also forced to postpone planned operations.

The reason is that patients usually come to the intensive care unit for observation after major interventions - for example tumor operations.

According to the intensive care register (DIVI), the vast majority of Bavarian hospitals report restrictions on regular operations.

Despite the enormously high numbers, the Munich infectiologist Christoph Spinner does not consider another lockdown to be helpful.

Video: These corona rules now apply in Bavaria

Corona in Bavaria: The police can only carry out random checks

On Tuesday, the Bavarian cabinet decided that the stricter rules - which have been in place since the switch to red - should be more closely monitored.

But the police union can hardly do that.

"We do not have the emergency services available for area-wide controls," said the state chairman of the German police union in Bavaria, Jürgen Köhnlein, the radio station

.

It is a knee-jerk reaction from politicians: "The police will fix it".

New and tightened controls always meant an additional burden for the police.

“In contrast to the measures taken during the other three waves, we are currently already running at full load.

Football games, demonstrations - the event situation is enormous, ”emphasized Köhnlein, according to a union spokesman on Wednesday.

“It won't work without the support of riot police.

But then they are missing again on the other assignments or they work a lot of overtime, ”warned the union boss.

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