Booster confusion: At Lanz, the Stiko boss surprisingly recommends it to everyone from the age of 18 to 6 months

Health Minister Spahn calls on doctors to press the accelerator on the booster vaccinations.

He overrides the six-month waiting period after the second vaccination.

Update from November 17, 1:13 p.m

.: It is currently difficult to keep track of the booster vaccinations.

Who should be vaccinated now and if so, when?

Karl Lauterbach is now calling for a "clear line on the subject of booster vaccinations".

The SPD health expert suggests a “simple line” via Twitter: “Now everyone over 50 years old.

Then the younger ones.

Distance to the 2nd vaccination more than 5 months. “It is correct that all adults need a third vaccination.

“But not at the same time”.

Medical representatives had previously sharply criticized a “desolate crisis communication” from Stiko and the Ministry of Health.

“Stiko bashing doesn't help,” tweeted Lauterbach.

Booster hammer: Spahn overturns the 6-month rule - Stiko boss surprisingly recommends it to everyone aged 18 and over at Lanz

Update from November 17, 8:32 a.m

.: The Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko) wants to recommend booster vaccinations from the age of 18. The announced Stiko boss Thomas Mertens on ZDF in the TV talk show Markus Lanz. The Stiko wants to advise on this Wednesday. "And that will not take long, and then the recommendation you are now complaining about will also come," Mertens said to presenter Lanz. This recommendation differs significantly from the previous Stiko recommendation. So far, the booster has been recommended for a certain group of people, such as people over 70 years of age, residents of care facilities and medical staff. A change based on the motto “Booster for everyone” was announced by Stiko boss Mertens at a press conference in Berlin last week.

#STIKO #Mertens has just announced the #Booster recommendation of the Stiko for 18+! #Lanz pic.twitter.com/01IwO8Pfpf

- Nurder Koch (@NurderK) November 16, 2021

Booster bang: Spahn overturns the 6-month rule - "make everyone an offer promptly"

First report from November 16:

Berlin - The booster campaign is running.

Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn now wants to further accelerate the booster vaccinations against the corona virus - and therefore relativizes the six-month period between the second and third prick.

Spahn and the chairman of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, Andreas Gassen, address

all contract

doctors

in Germany

in a joint letter that is available to the

.

In it, they recommend medical professionals to give all persons over the age of 18 a booster before the end of the six-month vaccination break.

Booster vaccination: Spahn relativizes the planned interval to the second vaccination

“The interval of six months for complete immunization for people over the age of 18, which is provided for in accordance with the approval, is to be understood as a time guide, which of course does not have to be adhered to to the exact day,” quoted the

from the letter from the Minister of Health.

It goes on to say: “You can therefore promptly and before any patient from the age of 18, even if they do not belong to the risk groups according to the current STIKO recommendation such as older people, residents of care facilities and medical and nursing staff Vaccinate at your own discretion at the end of the six months. "

Corona: "Sufficient vaccine" is available for boosters - Spahn puts pressure on

Due to many vaccination breakthroughs, the pressure had recently increased to give the green light for booster vaccinations well before the end of six months, despite the recommendations of the Standing Vaccination Commission.

In Great Britain, too, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has high hopes for third-party vaccinations.

"The respective vaccination decision is covered by the approval, covered by liability law and the corresponding claim is based on the coronavirus vaccination ordinance of the federal government", explain Jens Spahn and Gassen in their letter to the doctors.

The Federal Ministry has ensured that sufficient vaccine is available to be able to offer a vaccination to everyone who wants a booster vaccination according to this guideline.

"Let's work together to strengthen the vaccination barrier against the virus."

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