Herrmann: More and more forged vaccination certificates are in circulation
Friday, November 12th, 10:52 am: According to Bavaria’s Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann (CSU), more and more falsified vaccination certificates are in circulation. The police registered around 110 cases of false vaccination cards or certificates at the beginning of September, a few weeks later the number was more than 800 – and the number of unreported cases is much higher: “We have to assume that there is still a lot larger number there, “said Herrmann on Friday the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation. “It’s not a trivial offense to fake something like that.” Other people were deceived because they believed that there were only vaccinated and convalescents around them, but in fact “others smuggled in with forged certificates,” the interior minister said.
He also announced that the police will scrutinize the controls of the 2G or 3G rules more strictly. Landlords or, for example, operators of cinemas would have to take the admission regulations seriously and check the evidence: “In the event of a recurrence, if it turns out a second or third time that an operator does not carry out the controls seriously and simply waves people through, he must expect that to be the case Store is closed. “
Expert: Intensive care units are massively overloaded
Friday, November 12th, 9.46 a.m .: Because of the rapidly increasing number of infections, the intensive care units in Bavaria are massively overloaded. “We are certainly not in a triage situation that we have to decide who we should treat and who not,” said the Nuremberg intensive care doctor Stefan John, board member of the German Society for Internal Intensive Care Medicine. However, many patients would have to be relocated and sometimes could not be treated as quickly as usual. Emergency doctors often have to make long phone calls and drive long distances to find a place in an intensive care unit. In the case of a heart attack, for example, any time delay could cost lives.
Three counties with incidence over 1000
Friday, November 12th, 6.46 a.m .: The incidences in Bavaria are rising and rising. Three districts have an incidence of more than 1000 on Friday: Rottal-Inn (1156.0), Miesbach (1049.1) and Mühldorf am Inn (1023.3). In the entire Free State, the value is 454.9. On Thursday it was 427.4. 13 197 new Covid cases have been reported to the Robert Koch Institute in the past 24 hours, 63 people have died from or with the coronavirus in the same period. According to the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive and Emergency Medicine (Divi), 684 Covid patients are currently being treated in Bavarian intensive care units.
Corona tests in Bavarian pharmacies scarce in isolated cases
Thursday, November 11th, 4:54 p.m .: With corona rapid tests, there may be occasional bottlenecks due to the high demand according to the Bavarian Pharmacists Association. It could happen that in one or the other pharmacy no test is available for a few days. But there are no nationwide bottlenecks, not even regionally, said association spokesman Thomas Metz on Thursday in Munich.
In the summer, the demand for tests declined more sharply, and in the retail trade, thanks to large quantities purchased, tests were offered at prices that a pharmacy could not keep up with. It is therefore possible that some would not have reordered as many tests and could not meet the high demand immediately, said Metz. Many people with flu-like symptoms were now doing a corona self-test to be on the safe side. But pharmacies have experience with cyclical demand, “that will level off quickly,” he said.
Söder calls for a comprehensive 2-G rule in Germany
Thursday, November 11th, 1:42 p.m .: Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) calls for a comprehensive 2-G rule in Germany. The corona situation is “very, very serious,” said Söder at a press conference after a meeting with clinic representatives on Thursday. What the federal government does is not enough, he says. “You can’t drive with summer tires in a stormy winter.” 3G regulations would have to be implemented in the workplace.
The number of new corona infections is increasing rapidly, there are more deaths again and many hospitals are full. Söder gave various reasons for the development: the many unvaccinated people, a growing number of breakthroughs in vaccination – i.e. infections also in people who have been twice vaccinated against the coronavirus – and the social life with many social contacts. In order to create more security, Söder brought further tightening into play, such as a 2-G-plus rule for clubs, which would mean that vaccinated and convalescent people would only be admitted with a test.
For better protection against breakthroughs in the vaccination, Söder would like the so-called booster vaccinations already after five months. You can see from the experience with the booster vaccinations in Israel “that boosters have brought relief,” said the CSU boss on Thursday after consultations about the corona situation in the Bavarian hospitals and especially in the intensive care units in Munich. In the past few days, Söder had repeatedly spoken out in favor of booster vaccinations for everyone – regardless of their age. So far, the booster is usually only considered six months after the second vaccination. Vaccinations are still the best way to break the fourth wave of corona. “Without vaccination it all ends in some form of trouble,” said Söder.
In addition, Söder called for a nationwide decision on partial compulsory vaccination, for example for health care workers. The Prime Minister’s Conference, which will meet next Thursday, must take a corresponding decision, said Söder.
Söder cancels the state banquet with Queen Margrethe
Thursday, November 11th, 11:35 am: Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) has canceled the state banquet with the Danish Queen Margrethe II because of the Corona situation. The Bavarian State Chancellery confirmed this on Thursday. Previously, the imageNewspaper reports about it. The 81-year-old monarch is expected in Munich this Friday. A reception should still take place. Before her trip to Bavaria, the Queen and her son, Crown Prince Frederik, paid a visit to Berlin.
Aiwanger got vaccinated
Thursday, November 11th, 10.30 a.m .: Bavaria’s Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Free Voters, Hubert Aiwanger, had himself vaccinated against Corona after a long resistance. He told the German Press Agency on Thursday: “I am now vaccinated against Corona and can still attend 2-G appointments in November.” Aiwanger justified his decision with the difficult situation in the clinics, which are confronted with rapidly increasing numbers of corona intensive care patients. “That also helps to relieve hospitals.”
Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) welcomed the corona vaccination of his deputy. “This is a very good signal in serious times,” said Söder. During the federal election campaign there had been weeks of clashes with the CSU. Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) had sharply criticized Aiwanger’s initial skepticism about vaccinations and told him that members of the government had to be role models. CSU politicians had also accused Aiwanger of wanting to catch votes in the camp of lateral thinkers and anti-vaccination opponents.
The head of the Free Voters emphasized that he was not an opponent of vaccinations: “I said in the summer that I was considering the vaccination and that the course of the disease is milder, especially in people at risk with corona vaccination.” Aiwanger did not provide details of his vaccination and said he did not want to make it a show.