The increase in the corona numbers in Germany continues. Spahn is now promoting booster vaccinations – and has already received the third injection.
Berlin – The Corona * numbers in Germany continue to rise rapidly. On Friday morning (October 29), the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported 24,668 new infections within one day. That is almost 5000 more than last Friday (October 22, 19,572 new corona cases). In addition, 121 new deaths were recorded. The nationwide seven-day incidence rose to 139.2. The day before the value was 130.2, a week ago it was 95.1. In Bavaria the value is currently higher than ever before.
Corona numbers in Germany continue to rise: Spahn advertises booster vaccinations
The acting Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn (CDU) has called for Corona booster vaccinations. On Thursday (October 28th) he himself received the additional injection *. “I am promoting that many others do the same,” said the CDU politician in a Twitter message from the ministry. “Booster (strengthen) your vaccination protection for the winter.”
On Wednesday (October 27), a new daily record was achieved with more than 100,000 booster vaccinations for the first time, as Spahn explained. According to the RKI * there were 102,400, so that a total of 1.8 million people in Germany received a vaccination boost.
A booster vaccination has so far been recommended for people over 60 years of age, said Spahn on Friday morning on rbb Inforadio . In his opinion, the federal states should also invite these people again in writing. He wants to advertise this at the health ministers’ conference in Lindau next week.
Corona in Germany: “We have vaccine, more than enough”
A booster vaccination is also recommended for people who are in need of care or who have certain previous illnesses, who work in the healthcare sector or who have been vaccinated with the corona vaccines from Astrazeneca * or Johnson & Johnson *. But that is also possible for everyone else. “We have more than enough vaccine,” said Spahn.
When asked that there were now alarm calls from hospitals again and whether he shared the concern, Spahn said: The corona numbers * were expected to rise in autumn and winter. “It is now important that we do not allow the stress in the intensive care units in the hospitals to increase too much. That we are more careful, more mindful of one another again. “
This includes boosting, i.e. refreshing corona vaccinations *. “This includes protection concepts for the particularly vulnerable, these are the care facilities,” said Spahn. He strongly encourages the federal states to make test concepts mandatory again for care facilities – by the way, also for those who have been vaccinated, because they work with particularly vulnerable people. After the federal election, Spahn is still in office as health minister. (ph / dpa / afp) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
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