The corona numbers in Germany have recently been increasing again, and interest in vaccinations is falling. In Thuringia, a bizarre vaccination campaign is met with great interest.
Berlin – The Corona * trend of the past few days will continue on Saturday (July 31). The seven-day incidence in Germany has been rising again for around three and a half weeks. According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) on Saturday morning, it was 16.9 nationwide. On Friday (July 30th) the value was 16.5, on the Saturday of the previous week (July 24th) it was 13.6.
Corona in Germany: Incidence continues to rise
The health authorities in Germany reported 2400 new corona infections * to the RKI within one day. A week ago there were 1919 new infections. In addition, according to the new information, a total of 21 new deaths were recorded within 24 hours. A week ago there were 28 deaths.
In Germany, interest in a corona vaccination * is waning in many places. According to information from the RKI, the number of vaccine doses administered each week is decreasing. Currently, only a good half a million vaccine doses are administered on many days. In May and June there were often more than a million, sometimes up to 1.4 million, as the RKI’s vaccination dashboard shows.
Corona in Germany: interest in vaccinations is falling – intensive advertising by politics and associations
So far, over 60 percent of the population has been vaccinated once. More than 50 percent of people in Germany have received a full vaccination. In the opinion of many experts, this is far too little to keep the forthcoming fourth wave flat in view of the highly contagious Delta variant *.
Politics and associations are therefore currently increasing advertising for corona vaccinations. SPD Chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz, for example, called for the vaccinated to take a more offensive stance. “We have to convince our friends that they will be vaccinated. It’s one thing that affects each of us, ”he told the newspapers of the Funke media group . “We should all say at work or in the sports club: I got vaccinated, that was good.”
Corona vaccinations: Bratwurst campaign in Thuringia meets with great interest
The managing director of the German Association of Cities, Helmut Dedy, asked the dpa for an increased use of mobile vaccination teams. He also promoted more offers for young people, for example in football stadiums or shopping centers. “We have to go to the young people with the vaccinations and not wait until they come to the vaccination center or the doctor’s office,” says Dedy.
In Sonnenberg, Thuringia, a special vaccination campaign aroused great interest on Friday (July 30th). After the corona vaccination, free sausages were distributed there. Christian Jauer from the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians informed the MDR that more than 200 people had been vaccinated by noon. He expected a total of around 500 participants. Normally, up to 140 vaccinations per day would be administered in the vaccination center, according to the head of the KV pandemic staff, Jörg Mertz. (ph / dpa) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
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