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Missing Biontech vaccine: Spahn in need of justification
5.45 a.m.:
The Managing Minister of Health Jens Spahn has again defended the heavily criticized upper order limits for corona vaccines from Biontech.
"I can't withdraw it because it's simply a question of the amount available," said the CDU politician on Sunday evening on the ZDF program "Berlin direkt".
“We're not holding anything back.
I can't deliver a vaccine from Biontech that isn't there. "
The demand has increased insanely in the past two weeks, "we will be delivering six million Biontech cans from tomorrow alone," explained Spahn.
Due to this massive demand, »our Biontech warehouse is currently running empty«.
But there is a good, just as effective alternative with the vaccine from Moderna.
Medics accuse Johnson of too lax corona policy
05:01:
The British health expert Azeem Majeed has criticized the lax Corona policies of his government. "Plan B should have been in place a long time ago," said the medic from Imperial College London. The so-called catalog of measures provides for a mask requirement indoors, proof of vaccination for major events and the recommendation to work from home. Despite an incidence that has been around 400 for weeks, Prime Minister Johnson sees no reason to tighten the measures so far.
In terms of the vaccination quota, the British situation is comparable to the German: Almost 69 percent of the population are double vaccinated, and the booster vaccinations are making slow progress.
The British government is only responsible for the corona measures in England.
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland make their own decisions and are a little stricter.
Lockdown in Austria - police announce controls
4:50 a.m.:
A fourth lockdown is supposed to break the massive corona wave in Austria. From Monday only shops for daily needs will be open, the cultural scene will be idle, the museums and cinemas will be closed. People are only allowed to leave their homes for a compelling reason. But this also includes a walk or a jogging run. The schools are open, it is up to the parents whether they send their offspring to class. The number of cases of corona infections is particularly high among children and adolescents. The police want to monitor with numerous controls whether the regulations are being observed.
The ruling ÖVP had long rejected this step.
For weeks it was argued that such restrictions were unreasonable for the vaccinated and convalescent.
It was not until the intensive use of the intensive care units with Covid patients that ultimately led to a rethink.
Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP) emphasized that the exit restrictions would end on December 13th.
Several ministers in his cabinet have made less clear statements.
Even in the badly hit economy, there are doubts as to whether the government will keep its promise of a three-week lockdown.
For unvaccinated people, the measure should continue indefinitely.
RKI numbers continue to rise
04:22:
The nationwide seven-day incidence has risen again to a high. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) stated the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week on Monday morning as 386.5. For comparison: the previous day the value was 372.7, a week ago it was 303.0 (previous month: 95.1). The health authorities in Germany reported 30,643 new corona infections to the RKI within one day. This can be seen from the figures that reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 4:08 a.m. Exactly a week ago there were 23,607 infections.
According to the new information, 62 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours.
A week ago there were 43 deaths.
The RKI has counted 5,385,585 detected infections with Sars-CoV-2 since the beginning of the pandemic.
The actual total number is likely to be significantly higher, as many infections are not recognized.
The number of corona patients admitted to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days was given by the RKI on Friday at 5.34 (Thursday: 5.30).
With the indicator it must be taken into account that hospital admissions are sometimes reported with delay.
The previous high was around 15.5 around Christmas time.
Debate about compulsory vaccination is gaining momentum
4:00
a.m.: In view of the dramatic corona situation, the debate about a general vaccination requirement is gaining momentum.
You have to start thinking about it, demanded the SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach on Sunday evening in the program "The Right Questions" on the TV channel Bild.
"I would definitely not rule that out any more and tend to say: This does not help us acutely now, but we have to get closer to compulsory vaccination."
Lauterbach argued: "Without compulsory vaccination, we obviously won't achieve the vaccination quota we need to make ends meet with the strength of the vaccines we have and the R value of the delta variant." The R value indicates how many people an infected person infects on average - and thus how quickly a virus spreads.
The deputy FDP parliamentary group leader Michael Theurer, on the other hand, considers compulsory vaccination to be unconstitutional.
The deputy chairman of the Union parliamentary group in the Bundestag, Thorsten Frei, was also very skeptical.
The Saarland Prime Minister Tobias Hans also does not think a discussion about a general vaccination against the coronavirus makes sense at the moment.
"The compulsory vaccination is not the debate that we need now," said the CDU politician on Sunday evening on the ARD program "Anne Will".
"Now I really ask you to concentrate all your strength on vaccinating." Now is a time "when the numbers are rising so intensely, when I can convince people to get vaccinated because they also notice that they are losing their freedom" , explained Hans.
"The incentives have never been greater than now."
/ AFP / dpa / Reuters