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More speed when boosting, a possible expansion of the mandatory test and financial support for hospitals: This was one of the topics at the two-day health ministerial conference in Lindau on Lake Constance. The participants will now present their results at a press conference.
Against the background of a tightened risk assessment by the Robert Koch Institute, the federal and state health ministers discussed measures to combat corona at a two-day health ministerial conference in Lindau on Lake Constance. Among other things, it was about how more people can be induced to have booster vaccinations.
A possible expansion of mandatory testing in nursing homes and financial support for hospitals were also topics of the discussions. The chairman of the conference, Bavaria’s Minister of Health Klaus Holetschek (CSU), had rejected a mandatory vaccination for employees in nursing homes, which Baden-Württemberg’s Minister of Social Affairs Manfred Lucha (Greens) demanded on Thursday.
He advocated against it like Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) booster vaccinations “in a bigger way”. “I believe that together we can go one step further,” said Holetschek. However, it must be ensured that six months pass between the vaccination dates for the second and third vaccination.
Dreyer: No nationwide measures necessary
The Rhineland-Palatinate Prime Minister Malu Dreyer (SPD) had demanded a binding legal basis for corona measures in the states, but no uniform nationwide rules. “If the” epidemic emergency “should come to an end, then we need legal and legal foundations in order to be able to take further measures,” said Dreyer on Friday in the ZDF “Morgenmagazin” with a view to the legal status which expires on November 25th.
There is no need for uniform national rules, the situation in the states is very different. “It would be enough for us if we have the authorization to take certain measures – and we need them too,” said Dreyer. Citizens should understand: “The end of the” epidemic situation with national consequences “does not mean the end of the pandemic.” But you also have to know: “We don’t have the same situation as last year.”