Lauterbach warns "older people" urgently - and has a critical message to Söder

Created: 2022-03-20 04:54

By: Patrick Mayer

Karl Lauterbach strongly advises older people in Germany to get a booster vaccination against the corona virus.

He criticized Bayern's Markus Söder for an earlier statement.

Munich/Berlin -

The numbers are high in the coronavirus pandemic in Germany.

According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the nationwide seven-day incidence rose to 1735.0 this Saturday (March 19) - it was a new high.

Once more.

The health authorities across Germany reported 260,239 new corona infections to the RKI within one day.

Corona in Germany: Karl Lauterbach urgently promotes booster vaccinations

Several federal states have now postponed planned easing, Germany's neighbor Austria is even tightening its measures again due to the high number of infections.

In this context, vaccinations against the corona virus throughout Germany* are nevertheless decreasing.

That was another reason for Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) to urgently recommend booster vaccinations, especially to older people.

“Older people who are not yet boosted should do so immediately.

The risk of having to be treated in intensive care despite two vaccinations is now not low given the high number of cases.

After the 3rd vaccination, older people are also almost completely protected," explained the Minister of Health from Berlin this Saturday by posting on Twitter.

On top of that.

Karl Lauterbach: Minister of Health criticizes Hendrik Wüst (CDU) and Markus Söder (CSU)

The head of department from the capital also had a message to the prime ministers in Düsseldorf and Munich.

Lauterbach criticized both NRW state chief Hendrik Wüst (CDU) and Bavaria's Markus Söder (CSU)* clearly "(The) Prime Ministers Wüst and Söder complain about the omission of the protective measures.

They themselves decided to discontinue ALL measures at the last MPK from Monday.

Without the law I presented, it would be EXACTLY possible from Monday,” Lauterbach also wrote on Twitter.

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