The chairwoman of the Rhineland-Palatinate Association of General Practitioners, Barbara Römer, sees medical care at risk because of the new regulations of the Federal Infection Protection Act.
Regardless of whether they have been vaccinated or recovered, parents would now need a rapid corona test if they accompany their children to the doctor, Römer criticized on Wednesday in an interview with the German Press Agency in Mainz.
Mainz - This also applies to companions of elderly people in need and to relatives who only want to pick up a prescription.
"It still doesn't work with the electronic recipes."
In addition, there is a compulsory test for all employees in the medical facilities, regardless of their vaccination status.
"There are hundreds of thousands of employees in practices, hospitals, rehab clinics, inpatient and outpatient care, occupational, physiotherapy and speech therapy," said Römer.
"This new requirement endangers patient care across the board."
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It is already difficult for pharmacies to get sufficient antigen tests and now the demand will explode.
“Should we close the practices if we cannot test?” Asked Römer.
The flu vaccine is also not in stock every day.
In addition, the medical institutions would incur costs and additional effort with the tests.
"It also makes little medical sense to test completely vaccinated people on a daily basis," said Römer.
The informative value is too bad because the viral load is often so low that it is not shown.
"It has to make a difference whether someone is vaccinated or not," emphasized the doctor.
"Vaccinate everyone three times and consistently wear a mask" is much more sensible.
"This means that the influenza was canceled last year," emphasized Römer.
dpa