A mobile vaccination team was attacked during a corona vaccination campaign in Gera, Thuringia. Two team members were injured, said a spokesman for the Ministry of Health. The police confirmed the incident, which took place in a shopping mall that afternoon. According to the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KV), the man had requested a vaccination certificate, but did not want to be vaccinated. When the staff told him that there would be no certificate without a vaccination, the man freaked out and injured a medical worker and a helper. You were treated in a hospital but quickly released.
The attacker had himself registered during the vaccination campaign so that his data was known. According to a spokesman, the police stopped him in a parking garage and reported that he was at large. According to the police, he was also said to have been slightly injured in the mall.
According to the KV pandemic staff leader, it is the first time since the vaccination campaign began that a vaccination team has been attacked in Thuringia. The vaccination campaign was then canceled. Thuringia’s Minister of Health Heike Werner (left) condemned the act, as did Gera’s Mayor Julian Vonarb (independent). “The agitation of the vaccine opponents turns into action. We cannot accept that as a society,” said Werner. (04.09.2021)
Again mass protests in France
In France, tens of thousands of people demonstrated against the stricter corona rules on the eighth weekend in a row. Organized across the country, a total of around 200 demonstrations were directed against the health passport required by President Emmanuel Macron and the government to prove vaccination, recovery or negative test as well as the compulsory vaccination of certain professional groups, including health care workers.
According to the prefecture, at least 6,000 people took to the streets in Montpellier in the south of France, and around 4,000 in Avignon. The French interior ministry assumed up to 170,000 participants across the country. More than 200,000 people took to the streets on several Saturdays in July and August.
The health passport, which can be saved in the nationwide Corona app, is now required, among other things, to visit museums, theaters, cinemas, cafes and restaurants and when traveling by long-distance train or plane. In the country with 67 million inhabitants, two thirds of the people are now fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. According to a poll published on Friday for the daily newspaper Le Figaro 67 percent of the French are in favor of the introduction of the health passport. (04.09.2021)
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Laschet criticizes the compromise on vaccination information
Union Chancellor candidate Armin Laschet considers the coalition compromise on vaccination information in companies to be insufficient. “For reasons of operational safety, employers should be allowed to inquire about vaccinations in the workforce – provided, of course, that this information remains confidential,” the CDU chairman told the newspapers Funke media group. “Unfortunately, this could not be done for all companies in conjunction with the SPD.”
After hours of consultation, the Union and the SPD agreed on a line late on Thursday evening: According to this, employers should be able to request information from employees in daycare centers, schools and nursing homes in the future about a corona vaccination or a recovered Covid disease. “In view of the current pandemic situation, this is absolutely necessary from the point of view of infection protection,” said Laschet.
The corresponding change in the law is to be decided in the Bundestag on Tuesday. Trade unions reject the planned right to information as too far. Employers are calling for it to be extended to the entire economy. Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier (CDU) continues to insist on a more comprehensive solution. (04.09.2021)
Spahn criticizes countries: Too few air filters bought in schools
Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn has criticized the behavior of the federal states with regard to the protection of schoolchildren. “The education ministers of the federal states have not yet managed to agree on uniform rules for schools,” said the CDU politician in the Hannoversche Allgemeine. Not all opportunities are used to protect children.
If, as Federal Minister, he had discussed tests and vaccines like some countries had discussed ventilation systems in schools, then Germany would still have no vaccination protection. The criticism also relates to Lower Saxony, where the state government had only created the opportunity shortly before the summer holidays to subsidize air filters financially. There are also no lollipops at schools in Lower Saxony, but there are in day-care centers. Students are currently doing self-tests at home every day.
Spahn also criticized the range of vaccinations for children and adolescents from the age of twelve: “As health ministers, we were completely in agreement that we should offer those over twelve an offer for the first vaccination before the holiday starts. And then the prime ministers have three or four Weeks later said: We don’t want to. Your Mr. Weil too. ” We don’t want those who would have said the loudest, would later have complained that there was no vaccination offer before the holidays. (04.09.2021)
Spahn defends booster vaccinations
Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn defended the booster vaccinations for seniors and immunocompromised people before a recommendation by the Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko). “I don’t want to wait until people die again in the nursing homes,” said the CDU politician to the editorial network Germany (RND, Saturday). “The fact that we have now started the booster vaccinations is a forward-looking, precautionary action. This is how we protect human lives.” Several federal states have started offering people in need of care, over 80 year olds and people with immunodeficiency the third vaccination if the last one was at least six months ago, because after this period the effect can decrease significantly. According to its boss Thomas Mertens, Stiko is planning a recommendation as soon as possible.
Spahn referred to studies “which clearly show that booster vaccinations make sense for very old people, those in need of care and people with certain immune diseases”. He emphasized: “We have enough vaccine to provide more protection with booster vaccinations.”
Spahn described the vaccination quota as still too low to prevent overloading the health system. “We are currently seeing a pandemic for the unvaccinated.” The number of infections among the unvaccinated are more than ten times higher than among the vaccinated, and 90 percent of Covid 19 patients in intensive care units are unvaccinated. (04.09.2021)
Incidence rises to 80.7
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reports 10 835 new positive tests. That is 532 more than on Saturday a week ago, when 10,303 new infections were reported. The seven-day incidence increases to 80.7 from 80.2 the previous day. The value indicates how many people per 100,000 inhabitants have contracted the coronavirus in the past seven days. 33 other people died related to the virus. This increases the number of reported deaths within 24 hours to 92,325. In total, more than 3.9 million corona tests have so far been positive in Germany. (04.09.2021)
Spahn excludes mandatory vaccination for nurses
Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn further rules out compulsory vaccinations for doctors and nurses. “We promised that there would be no compulsory vaccination for whoever,” said the CDU politician to the editorial network Germany (RND). Getting vaccinated remains a free decision. “But if you don’t want to be vaccinated as a nurse, for example, you can’t expect to be able to work in close contact with seriously ill people.” The background to this is the agreement of the grand coalition that employers may query the vaccination status of their employees in particularly sensitive areas such as nursing homes, daycare centers and schools. (04.09.2021)
EU Commission and Astra Zeneca settle legal dispute over vaccine deliveries
The EU Commission and the British pharmaceutical company Astra Zeneca have settled their ongoing legal dispute over the delivery of corona vaccination doses, as the commission announced. This guarantees the delivery of 200 million outstanding cans by March 2022. Accordingly, the British pharmaceutical company undertakes to deliver 60 million vaccine doses by the end of the third quarter, 75 million doses by the end of the fourth and 65 million more doses by the end of the first quarter of 2022. In April, the Commission initiated legal action against Astra Zeneca because the group did not keep the contracts with the deliveries. (03.09.2021)
Draghi has compulsory vaccinations checked for all Italians
Italy could introduce compulsory vaccination for everyone, according to Prime Minister Mario Draghi. This will be examined when the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted regular approval for the current vaccines. So far, the EMA has only granted conditional approval for the funds from Biontech, for example.
The country sees itself on the right way with the vaccinations, as Draghi emphasized. On Thursday, more than 70 percent of the population to be vaccinated over the age of twelve was vaccinated. For the end of September, the government expects a value of 80 percent, as Draghi said. Health Minister Roberto Speranza praised the younger population in particular, who are diligently vaccinated.
In addition, Prime Minister Draghi announced that the so-called Green Pass will be expanded. Currently, only people are allowed on domestic flights, long-distance buses or trains, museums and interior areas of restaurants who have the “Green Pass” as proof of vaccination, corona recovery or a negative test; Italy recognizes the Corona passport valid in the EU. Children under the age of twelve are exempt. Draghi said it was certain that the “Green Pass” would be applied to other areas in the future. At first it remained unclear what these would be; Authorities or areas of the private economy are conceivable. (02.09.2021)