Booster debate: Lauterbach for reopening vaccination centers

The incidence has jumped again. The RKI reported 21,543 new corona infections in Germany. Calls for booster vaccinations cause criticism. All news in the ticker.

Update from October 30th, 10:05 p.m .: Karl Lauterbach (58) has been a warning since the beginning of the corona pandemic. The SPD health expert never tires of warning of a fourth wave. Now the 58-year-old is getting involved in the booster debate. In his opinion, the booster vaccinations are progressing far too slowly to break a fourth corona wave.

Corona in Germany: Lauterbach for the reopening of the vaccination centers

“We need quick vaccinations for the elderly. Reopening the vaccination centers would be ideal, ”tweeted Lauterbach. Even if many like him, who warn of another wave, vilified him as a “panic maker”, he would endure it well.

Ministry of Health: Everyone is entitled to Corona boosters

Update from October 30, 6:23 p.m .: Booster vaccinations cause Zoff (see update 11 a.m.) . In principle, all citizens have a right to a Corona booster vaccination. The Ministry of Health points this out again via Twitter and refers to the vaccination ordinance.

“Booster and booster vaccinations are particularly important for a safe autumn and winter,” tweeted the Ministry of Health. And further: “According to the vaccination ordinance, all citizens are entitled to it – for some groups of people, however, these are particularly useful.” Then the ministry refers to its website, on which groups of people are listed. This includes people aged 80 and over and people with an immunodeficiency. For people over 60 years of age “after individual consideration and medical advice”, you can read there.

Corona in Germany: Essen mayor demands “district-specific” data on unvaccinated people

Update from October 30th, 6:03 pm : The Mayor of Essen Thomas Kufen (CDU) has spoken out in favor of a “district-specific survey” of the numbers of the unvaccinated in view of the rapidly increasing corona numbers. “We in Essen are also finding that the fourth wave is running – a wave of the unvaccinated,” said Kufen of the Rheinische Post (Saturday) . For many who have not yet been vaccinated, it is “quite banal the convenience that has so far prevented them”. The vaccine must be brought to the people. A “huge problem”, however, is that the cities have no data where there are still unvaccinated people.

“We’re poking around in the fog. Actually, we should have this information available for specific districts in order to expand our offers accordingly. ”This could also be done completely anonymously, said the CDU politician. At the moment, however, the decentralized vaccination campaigns were “on good luck”, based on empirical values or because of a high number of infections in the affected areas. Many people were still vaccinated when they were spoken to directly.

Medical president criticizes Spahn for calling for third-party vaccinations: GPs also rant – “We are angry

Update from October 30th, 11.00 a.m.: The call by the Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn (CDU) * for Corona booster vaccinations for everyone was sharply criticized from various sides. The President of the German Medical Association, Klaus Reinhardt *, told the newspapers of the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND) that there was not yet sufficient scientific evidence for the need for booster vaccinations for people of all ages.

In older people, however, the booster vaccination can significantly reduce the risk of infection, as the immune response usually becomes weaker in old age and vaccination breakthroughs can therefore occur. “That is why the Standing Vaccination Commission recommends a Covid-19 booster vaccination for all people over the age of 70,” emphasized Reinhardt. He accused the government of a lack of education and information policy.

Sharp criticism of Spahn’s (CDU) call for a booster vaccination for everyone

In his opinion, it would now be the task of the Federal Center for Health Education to inform about the booster vaccinations for older people and, above all, to clear up false information on the Internet. On the latter point in particular, he found clear words: “This fake news is largely responsible for the fact that we have a pandemic of the unvaccinated today.”

There was also sharp criticism of the Federal Minister of Health’s appeal from family doctors. “We are annoyed that Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn is stoking expectations that booster vaccinations are possible for everyone,” said the federal board member of the General Practitioner Association, Armin Beck, of the RND . The family doctors would follow the recommendation of the Standing Vaccination Commission, which currently only recommends third-party vaccinations for people over 70 and a few other groups.

Booster vaccination recommended by the Standing Vaccination Commission for people over 70 years of age

At the moment, the general practitioners’ practices could still cope with the amount of booster vaccinations, said Beck. The statement by Jens Spahn has now increased the need for clarification and discussion in the practices. In the event of an expansion of the recommendation by the Stiko, general practitioners would also vaccinate these groups of people, he announced.

First report from October 30, 8:00 a.m .: Munich – The seven-day incidence * in Germany has again increased significantly. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the value on Saturday morning as 145.1. For comparison: the previous day the value was 139.2, a week ago it was 100.0.

Corona in Germany: Incidence continues to rise – 21,545 new infections reported

The health authorities in Germany reported 21,543 new corona * infections to the RKI within 24 hours. This is evident from the figures that reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 04.15 a.m. A week ago the value was 15,145 infections.

Within one day, 90 deaths were recorded across Germany. A week ago there were 86 deaths. The RKI has counted 4,580,663 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 detected.

Clinic parameters on Friday at 3.50 – value will not be published on the weekend

The number of corona patients admitted to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days – the most important parameter for a possible tightening of the corona restrictions – was given by the RKI on Friday as 3.50 (Thursday: 3.31, Wednesday: 3, 07). The value is not published on Saturday and Sunday.

However, it must be taken into account that hospital admissions are sometimes reported with delay. A nationwide threshold value from when the situation can be viewed critically is not provided for the incidence of hospitalization, among other things because of large regional differences. The previous high was around 15.5 around Christmas time.

Corona numbers are increasing: counties in Bavaria are reacting

The areas in southern Bavaria that are currently particularly affected by the increase in the number of infections have now teamed up and significantly tightened their measures in the fight against the pandemic The measures taken are unfortunately unavoidable in view of the high exposure of the RoMed clinics to Covid patients. ” (kam / dpa) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA

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