Germany’s incidence leader is in Bavaria. The hospital society has sharply criticized Lauterbach’s care bonus. All news in the ticker.
- Corona * in Bavaria : Regensburg district is still the incidence leader in Germany.
- Planned corona bonus in care : Bavarian Hospital Society (BKG) is sharply critical.
- Corona vaccine Novavax * is coming: it is initially only available for a certain group.
- This news ticker is updated regularly.
Update from February 25, 3:21 p.m .: According to Health Minister Klaus Holetschek, the Novavax corona vaccine should be available in Bavaria’s vaccination centers in the middle of next week – but initially only for healthcare workers. These could “immediately” make an appointment with their local vaccination center, said the CSU politician on Friday in Munich. However, several municipalities such as the cities of Munich and Regensburg announced that appointment bookings for a vaccination with the vaccine called Nuvaxovid would only be released later.
Corona in Bavaria: Novavax vaccine is coming – but only for one group for the time being
The Ministry of Health announced that those who are not affected by the partial vaccination requirement for employees that will apply from March 15 can only be vaccinated with Nuvaxovid in a second step. A specific time for this was not initially mentioned.
“Since the delivery quantity is initially limited, we are first making it available to all those who professionally take care of the particularly vulnerable groups,” said Holetschek. He very much hopes that people who have previously refused vaccination with mRNA vaccines can be vaccinated with Nuvaxovid, which is based on a more traditional method.
Corona news in Bavaria: Incidence continues to descend
First report from February 25, 2:30 p.m.: Munich – The dismay at the war in Ukraine is great. In Bavaria, numerous people took to the streets to protest against Russia’s invasion. Markus Söder expressed his horror at the war situation in a press statement. You can follow all reactions from Bavaria to the Ukraine conflict in our ticker.
According to data from Friday, the increase in corona infections in Bavaria was weaker than the day before. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported 39,090 new cases. That is almost 15,600 fewer than on Thursday, when there was a very high number of late registrations in some municipalities. The nationwide seven-day incidence* fell from around 1,804 to 1,717, but is still well above the national average of almost 1,260.
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Corona in Bavaria: Germany’s leader continues to be in the Upper Palatinate
The RKI reported the highest infection rate nationwide on Friday for the district of Regensburg * with an incidence of around 3522, this time followed by the district of Donau-Ries (3060) and the district of Lichtenfels (2774). The district of Freyung-Grafenau (2727) is also ranked fourth in Germany.
The number of seriously ill corona patients in the intensive care units rose from 389 on the previous day to 392. Since the end of January there has also been an upward trend in the intensive care units, but not continuously.
Corona bonus in care: Bavarian hospital society angry – “It’s unfair”
The Bavarian Hospital Society (BKG) is disappointed by the planned implementation of the Corona bonus for employees in the care sector. “Too low in height, unfair in implementation and unsuccessful in effect,” summarized Managing Director Roland Engehausen in a statement on Thursday.
It is undisputed that the pandemic challenges were particularly stressful, especially in the intensive care units. For those working there, a significant and sustainable salary increase and tax exemption from allowances would be necessary, emphasized Engehausen. Otherwise, the patients would be cared for in “real teamwork”, in which “at the peak of the pandemic management” all hospital employees “would have faced the immense challenge”.
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“We therefore criticize the unequal treatment. It cannot be that – unlike in geriatric care – only the employees of selected clinics should benefit from the care bonus. That’s unfair,” said Engehausen. “The legislature is making it a bit too easy for itself to save money.” Against this background, the head of the BKG called on Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD) to make improvements.
Lauterbach wants to limit the planned nursing bonus to a certain group of nursing staff*. “The nursing bonus should be paid primarily to nursing staff who were particularly stressed in the corona pandemic,” he told the editorial network Germany (RND). (tkip/dpa)
