The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has recorded more than 2000 new corona infections. According to media reports, the federal government wants to decide on vaccinations for over 12-year-olds.
Berlin – The 7-day incidence * continues to rise and is now 17.5. That comes from the data of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) from Sunday morning. The previous day the value was 16.9. The RKI reports 2097 new corona infections. For comparison: a week ago the value was 1548 corona cases. Another death was recorded. Since the beginning of the corona pandemic, 91,659 people in Germany have died with or from corona.
RKI reports 2,097 new corona infections on Sunday (as of August 1, 2021)
- Since the beginning of the corona pandemic, 3,771,262 people in Germany have been shown to have been infected with Sars-CoV-2
- 91,659 people died from coronavirus infection
- The RKI estimates that the recovery is around 3,654,500. The number of active corona cases in Germany is therefore 25,100
Health ministers want to decide on vaccinations for over twelve year olds
The federal government and the health ministers of the federal states apparently want to recommend vaccinations for children and adolescents from the age of twelve. Bild am Sonntag (BamS) refers to a corresponding draft resolution that is available to the editors. Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) and the health ministers of the federal states want to decide on the vaccination recommendation at the health ministerial conference.
The Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko) has so far not issued a general recommendation for children and adolescents from twelve to 17 years of age, but only for risk groups in this age group. However, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has already approved the Biontech / Pfizer * and Moderna vaccines for this age group. With the consent of their parents, children and adolescents can therefore already be vaccinated.
For its recommendation, Stiko cited missing data on the safety of the vaccine *. Stiko has been under pressure because of this position for weeks. The Stiko boss, the virologist Thomas Mertens, recently reacted with incomprehension. “The EMA assesses whether a vaccine is generally safe and effective. However, she cannot make individual vaccination recommendations because of the different rules and epidemiological conditions in the member states, ”he told the Schwäbische Zeitung . The Stiko go “much deeper in the evaluation of the available data”.
Federal government plans to abolish free corona rapid tests
The currently numerous offers for free coronavirus rapid tests will sooner or later be discontinued. “Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn said weeks ago that he thought it would be conceivable not to offer the tests free of charge to unvaccinated people at a later date. The exact time has yet to be determined, ”said the Federal Ministry of Health on Saturday when asked by the dpa.
Federal Finance Minister Olaf Scholz (SPD) told the newspapers of the Funke media group: “Corona tests should be chargeable if everyone could have been vaccinated – in a few weeks.” Of course, exceptions would have to apply to those who cannot be vaccinated for health reasons as well as for children and adolescents. Schleswig-Holstein’s Prime Minister Daniel Günther (CDU) also called on the federal government to charge for corona tests as soon as possible. (ml, dpa) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
