Status: 19.09.2023, 05:12 a.m.
By: Helmi Krappitz
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The Corona vaccines have been adapted to the current Covid-19 variants - and are now coming to practices. The most important information at a glance.
Berlin – The time has come: Newly adapted vaccines against the coronavirus are coming into practices. Although the pandemic has been declared over, experts still expect corona waves in autumn and winter. That's why high-risk patients are recommended to get a booster vaccination – preferably in autumn.
Corona vaccination: Vaccines have been adapted to variants - from 18 September in practices
From Monday (18 September), the vaccines adapted to the Corona variant – for people aged twelve and over – will be available in practices. These are preparations that are adapted to the Omicron sublineage XBB.1.5. From 25 September, the adapted vaccine for young children will be delivered for the first time, the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians announced. The preparation for children between the ages of five and eleven will follow from 2 October.
14 million doses of the BioNTech preparation are expected in the coming weeks. In addition, there is the adapted vaccine from the US manufacturer Moderna, which was only approved for Europe on Friday. The new vaccine from the manufacturer Novavax is also in the starting blocks.
Stiko vaccination recommendation for Corona vaccination: People with pre-existing conditions and people aged 60 and over
Currently, the Standing Committee on Vaccination (Stiko) recommends booster vaccination for particularly vulnerable groups. This includes, among other things, people with certain pre-existing conditions from six months of age and people over 60 years of age. Nursing and hospital staff as well as relatives of high-risk patients should also consider another Corona vaccination. Furthermore, vaccination is considered the best protection against a severe course of infection and long Covid disease.
The corona vaccines have been adapted to the current Covid-19 variants. (Symbolic image) © picture alliance/dpa | Michael Matthey
Corona vaccination: Patients may have to pay in advance – reimbursement by health insurance companies
The entitlement to a free vaccination is based on a guideline according to the Stiko recommendation. If doctors consider vaccination to be medically necessary, vaccinations are also possible at the expense of health insurance companies, according to a federal regulation. If necessary, patients receive a private bill that they can submit to the statutory health insurance fund. The amount to be advanced in the case is estimated at just under 35 euros, according to the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians in Hesse.
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The number of registered respiratory diseases has been rising for weeks, said the acting president of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Lars Schaade, at a press conference on Monday. Although the strongly mutated variant BA.2.86 (Pirola) has also arrived in Germany, the positive cases are primarily Covid-19 viruses of the XBB sublineages, it said.
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