Jens Spahn: Health ministers call for booster vaccinations (video)

Jens Spahn, Federal Minister of Health: “We have very difficult weeks ahead of us. This is already evident from the high numbers. We are currently seeing that around 0.8 percent, just under one percent of those infected, of the newly infected, then usually follow That means that if we have almost 40,000 newly infected people today, 350 to 400 of them will be admitted to the intensive care units in a few days. And that just shows that there are still a few weeks left . Either way, which will be very, very difficult. ” “An important signal these days that the medical profession as well as the federal and state governments agree that everyone who has had the second vaccination six months or more should be able to receive a corresponding booster vaccination. Recommended in particular, also actively offered for them Elderly, for the elderly, for people with pre-existing illnesses, for medical and nursing staff. And we need more speed, more speed with these vaccinations. This is shown above all by the latest findings. That is such a difference, it makes such a clear one, too to break a wave is a knowledge that we only had for a few days or weeks. But we should use that now. This knowledge, by increasing the speed of vaccinations, boosters. ” “The point is that we protect each other, that we continue to take good care of each other. Much more everyday life is possible. Think about the incidence we have now, without vaccines and vaccinations. Everyone still remembers the measures from that last autumn and winter. We want to avoid that and we can make a decisive difference with the vaccinations. But for this it is now important to break this wave. “