Many vaccination centers in Germany are closing. The general practitioners see themselves well prepared, the demands for further corona vaccinations are not decreasing. The news ticker.
- The current Corona * figures from the RKI are not yet available on Thursday.
- Many vaccination centers are closing. The general practitioners see themselves as “well equipped”.
- Karl Lauterbach warns against neglecting the fight against the pandemic.
- This news ticker is updated regularly.
Berlin – The new Corona numbers * for Germany were not yet available early Thursday morning. The dashboard of the Robert Koch Institute is currently still being updated. “Please come back later,” the RKI continues. As soon as the current infection numbers are available, we will inform you in our ticker.
Corona in Germany: Many vaccination centers are closing – GPs are “well equipped”
In many federal states, vaccination centers are closing this Thursday. However, the general practitioners see themselves as well prepared to ensure further corona vaccinations. “For the pending vaccinations, to which we urgently need to encourage more people, as well as for the booster vaccinations that are now due, we see ourselves well equipped in the general practitioners’ practices,” said the chairman of the German General Practitioner Association, Ulrich Weigeldt, the editorial network Germany (RND) .
“The practices are well prepared, also in view of the fact that the consulting effort has increased,” said Andreas Gassen, head of statutory health insurance, also in the RND . The vaccination rate has slowed down significantly in the past few months. Almost three quarters of adults and one third of children between the ages of 12 and 17 in Germany are fully vaccinated. A few weeks ago, the booster vaccinations for the elderly and immunocompromised people started.
Corona vaccinations in Germany: Mobile offers required – appeal from the hospital boss
After the closure of many vaccination centers, the president of the social association VdK, Verena Bentele, called for more mobile vaccination offers for socially disadvantaged and homeless people. For example in pedestrian zones, in front of supermarkets and job centers or at sports fields, she told the RND .
The head of the hospital company, Gerald Gass, also called again for the corona vaccination *. “Exercise your rights in our society and democracy in such a way that they do not become a danger to others,” he said. Every intensive care bed and every ventilation unit that is used by an unvaccinated patient is not available to another seriously ill person at this moment, he said.
Corona in Germany: Lauterbach warns of neglect
SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach also called again to get vaccinated. With a view to autumn, he assumes that there will be a seasonal increase in the number of infections. The virus spreads faster in colder weather. Charité virologist Christian Drosten * draws a similar scenario.
Around the federal election, the fight against the corona virus had moved into the background, it should not stay that way, Lauterbach told the newspapers of the Funke media group . “We have to submit more again,” demanded the SPD politician. According to the expert, a “Freedom Day” does not yet make sense in Germany. (ph / dpa) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
