Man accidentally washes vaccination card: Where are new ID cards issued?
Created: 01/14/2022 05:38
By: Marcus Giebel
That used to be a vaccination pass: Unfortunately, after the involuntary wash cycle, the document is no longer usable.
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The vaccination card belongs in many places, but not in the washing machine.
Especially not during the wash cycle.
Because then you need a new ID card.
Only: how do you get it?
Munich – What is yellow and reminds you of scrambled eggs after a round in the washing machine?
That's right, the vaccination card.
A Twitter user from Hanover made the test for anyone who has always wanted to know what a wash cycle does to a multi-page document.
Involuntarily, of course.
After the mishap, he posted a picture of his palm showing the remains.
In addition to a lot of pity, there was also a lot of mockery.
Like the scrambled egg comparison.
Or the reaction of his mother, spread by the user himself: “Have you saved vaccination information on your cell phone?
Then please don't wash that too.” Well, if mom didn't think of everything.
Lost or destroyed vaccination card: Where can you get a new document in Germany?
Especially in these times, when the vaccination certificate should always be at hand, the question arises: Is it possible to live in Germany without a vaccination card?
Luckily for the unlucky one and his fellows and also for all the vaccination card losers, the clear answer is: yes!
Because the
Apotheken Umschau
explains that in practices, all medical documents on previous vaccinations must be kept for at least ten years.
In this way, every spade from the not so distant past can be traced and entered in a new document.
The "Barmer" reports that every doctor can issue a new vaccination card free of charge - so this should not be a problem at all, especially if the whereabouts of the previous copy is well documented, as in our case.
New vaccination card: In addition to doctors, vaccination centers and pharmacies are also allowed to issue the card
According to the
Handelsblatt
, there is also a supply of the yellow and internationally used vaccination cards from the World Health Organization (WHO) in the vaccination centers.
In this way, each new vaccination can also be entered directly into the file if one's own vaccination certificate is currently indisposed.
A prerequisite for the issue of a new copy is in any case the presentation of the identity card and the electronic health card, in the vaccination center the appointment confirmation may have to be proven.
In the course of the corona pandemic, the demand for vaccination cards also increased in pharmacies.
Here, too, the document can be issued and supplements can be made, reports the
Handelsblatt
.
The health department can also help.
So there are various places where virgin vaccination cards are waiting for their new owner.
Video: After a breakdown in a vaccination center, hundreds of vaccination cards are invalid
Vaccination not documented?
Then the spade is made up for
However, there is a catch with the loss of the yellow booklet: vaccinations for various diseases that are no longer documented, which are therefore some time ago, are considered not to have been administered.
So some spades should be set again.
The Standing Vaccination Commission even advises catching up on the recommended vaccinations in order to obtain the highest possible level of protection.
"You can repeat vaccinations almost as often as you like without there being any major risk," the
Apotheken Umschau
quotes Munich tropical medicine specialist Dr.
Nicholas Fruehwein.
Ideally, however, everything is properly documented and traceable.
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