The corona numbers in Germany are falling. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania wants to vaccinate its students. The Indian mutant could spoil the summer. The news ticker.
- The corona parameters in Germany are falling, the situation is easing nationwide.
- The pandemic could pick up speed again due to the Indian mutation (see update from May 26th, 4.30 p.m.).
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania wants tens of thousands of vaccination doses for schoolchildren (see update from May 26, 10:00 p.m.)
- This news ticker is continuously updated.
Update from May 26th, 10:00 p.m.: Vaccinations for schoolchildren in northeast Germany: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania wants to vaccinate at least 65 percent of its pupils from the age of twelve in a timely manner and has applied to the federal government for 64,450 doses of the preparation from Biontech / Pfizer. Health Minister Harry Glawe (CDU) said on Wednesday that the concept had been deposited with the Federal Ministry of Health. “I assume that we will then also get the vaccination doses.” The Ministry of Education in Schwerin will write to the parents and determine how high the willingness to vaccinate is overall. He hoped for a high level of readiness, said Glawe.
According to him, there are around 93,000 children and young people between the ages of 12 and 18 in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. His goal is to vaccinate before the start of the new school year on August 2nd or when school starts. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is the first federal state in which the summer holidays end.
Update from May 26, 8:15 p.m.: According to data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the corona variant B.1.617, discovered in India and now widespread in many countries around the world, remains quite rare in Germany. For the third week in a row, the proportion of this mutant in the samples examined is around two percent, according to an RKI report from Wednesday evening. The most recent data is from the week of May 10-16.
Meanwhile, Biontech has announced a reduction in the planned delivery quantities of the corona vaccine for the next two weeks. The Federal Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday.
Corona in Germany: India mutant as a summer spoiler?
Update from May 26th, 4.30 p.m.: The British Corona mutation caused a hard winter in lockdown in Germany. The mutant is considered more contagious than the original virus. But now the pandemic could pick up speed again due to the recently discovered Indian mutation, because according to an expert, the mutation should be even more contagious than the British mutant.
Accordingly, the variant of the coronavirus, which was first discovered in India, could be up to 80 percent easier to transmit than the British variant that has prevailed so far. The epidemiologist Neil Ferguson from Imperial College London said in an online press conference on Wednesday. However, there is still no reliable data, the scientist continues. So far, the only thing that is certain is that the variant, also known as B.1.617.2, has an advantage. That could be between 20 and 80 percent. It is therefore not yet certain whether the mutant will prevail as dominant – but it is likely.
Nevertheless, the scientist sees the situation as a result of the vaccination progress and the lower number of cases in Great Britain than after the appearance of the British variant at the end of last year. At that time, the so-called British virus mutant B.1.1.7 led to a violent second wave of infections in Great Britain and a short time later in continental Europe.
Corona in Germany: More and more people are getting vaccinated – RKI publishes current figures
Update from May 26th, 2:15 p.m.: After the vaccination campaign in Germany started slowly and was made more difficult by many setbacks, more and more people are now being supplied with a vaccination dose every day. At 57 percent, the proportion of corona second vaccinations in the daily doses is now higher than ever. According to the Robert Koch Institute on Wednesday, a total of 595 125 people were immunized on Tuesday, 339 751 of them now got their full vaccination protection.
However, as the RKI also reports, the total number of vaccinations administered is again significantly lower compared to the previous week: at the time there were 867 044 vaccinations. The vaccination campaign in Germany reached its previous peak on May 12th with 1.4 million injections administered in one day. Overall, according to the information so far, 40.8 percent (33.9 million) of the population have been vaccinated at least once and 14.8 percent (12.3 million) have been completely vaccinated.
Update from May 26th, 12.30 p.m.: In the NDR podcast, virologist Christian Drosten spoke about the current Corona situation * in Germany. In addition to vaccination progress, the focus was on the Indian virus mutation.
Corona in Germany: Federal Health Minister Spahn is sticking to vaccinations for older children and adolescents
Update from May 26, 11:50 a.m.: More and more people in Germany are getting vaccinated against the coronavirus, but so far young people and older children are still excluded. If Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn has his way, this should change soon, even if the Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko) should not make a general recommendation.
The Stiko give a recommendation, said the CDU politician in the program “Frühstart” on RTL / ntv. “In the light of this recommendation, the parents can then make the specific decisions with their children and the doctors as to whether someone should be vaccinated or not.” This is an individual decision.
The manufacturer Biontech / Pfizer has applied to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for approval of its preparation from the age of twelve. A decision is expected by the end of May. However, the Stiko reserves the right to clarify itself for a possible vaccination recommendation. Your member Rüdiger von Kries does not currently expect that there will be a general vaccination recommendation for all children.
Spahn said: “If the European Medicines Agency does that, the vaccine would also be an approved vaccine for this age group.” The first children and adolescents should then be offered a vaccination before the start of the summer vacation, he said. “Once the approval has been granted, we will gradually – not all at once – offer children and adolescents over the age of twelve an offer to be vaccinated.” I don’t see that we will have a compulsory vaccination for school attendance. “
Spahn formulates a new incidence target and feels anger – “Public uncertainty”
Original message from May 26, 2021: Berlin – For over a year, the corona pandemic has had Germany and many other countries in the world under its grip, especially the seven-day incidence, which is important for many experts and politicians, currently controls daily life. If the incidence is too high, there is a risk of measures and a tightening of the lockdown. For a few weeks now, Germany has finally been able to breathe a sigh of relief: the corona numbers and the incidence are falling steadily. But now there is criticism of the target incidence newly brought into play by Federal Health Minister Spahn.
Corona in Germany: Criticism of the new incidence target value – Federal Health Minister Spahn in the criticism
While the incidence below 50 was previously important for easing the measures, Spahn had declared a seven-day incidence per 100,000 inhabitants of under 20 as a mark in relation to Bild am Sonntag. “Last summer it was under 20. We should aim for that again. Caution and circumspection still apply. ”A statement for which the Federal Health Minister has received a lot of criticism, especially from the FDP and left-wing parliamentary group.
“With his speculations, Mr. Spahn only spreads public uncertainty,” said Deputy FDP parliamentary group leader Michael Theurer to the world . “The intensive care beds are emptying, the difficult courses become significantly less frequent. The risk situation from a specific number, be it 20, 35, 50 or 100, is now completely different than it was at the beginning of the year. “Left party leader Amira Mohamed Ali said:” Concrete problem solving instead of gossiping announcements is now urgently required . ”As problems, she named ineffective test situations in schools, alternating classes and a lack of vaccines.
Corona in Germany: is the summer finally coming? Incidence of 20 is believed to lead the way
The Greens were more cautious. “Just looking at the incidence will not be enough in the next few weeks,” said parliamentary group leader Katrin Göring-Eckardt. “Even if a strategy of low numbers of infections is fundamentally correct.” Union parliamentary group Vice Stephan Stracke (CSU) told the world that the Infection Protection Act with the limit values 100, 50 and 35 should by no means be changed. But: “With the goal of 20, we are particularly avoiding situations in which opening steps have to be taken back if the legal limit values are exceeded.”
Corona in Germany: RKI publishes current infection numbers
The RKI figures on Wednesday also show that the situation in Germany is steadily easing. The nationwide seven-day incidence fell below the politically relevant value of 50 for the first time since October last year. Accordingly, the number of new infections reported within seven days per 100,000 inhabitants nationwide on Wednesday was 46.8 (previous day: 58.4). The value was last below the 50 threshold in autumn: at 48.6 on October 20, 2020.
The health authorities in Germany reported 2626 new corona infections to the RKI within one day. For comparison: a week ago the value was 11 040 infections. * Merkur.de is part of IPPEN.MEDIA.
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