Anchober: vaccinated people tolerate corona vaccination well so far – Coronavirus –

Previous feedback from people vaccinated against Covid in Austria in terms of tolerance was “very positive,” Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) said on New Year’s Eve by mail. Honest information, education, and transparency are the most important bases for a vaccination decision. Therefore, Anschober wants to give an update every week on how people who have been vaccinated are doing.

It will also provide information on the latest scientific findings and service offerings for the population. So far, more than 6,000 people in nursing homes and nursing homes or staff in Covid-19 wards have received the vaccine.

According to the minister, each vaccine can have minor side effects (redness, slight swelling, slight fever, slight pain at the injection site) that should not last a day or two. If that’s the case, “it is particularly important that the side effects of vaccines are reported and evaluated.” As a result, the respective benefit-risk ratio can be continuously and fully assessed even after approval.

In Austria, side effects for patients and relatives can voluntarily be reported directly to the Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG). Doctors and pharmacists must register. “It is advisable to first speak with the doctor and then inform him directly if necessary,” Anschober said.

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Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) wants to drastically reduce the number of new corona infections in January. “My personal dream would be to have fewer than 1,000 cases a day,” he said in the APA interview. He has high hopes for vaccination, but warns against a false sense of security: continue to be careful, measures such as the obligation of the MNS will accompany Austria for months. Criticism of the government came from the opposition.

SPÖ leader Pamela Rendi-Wagner warned Thursday that the current figures of nearly 3,000 new infections were too high. “With around 3,000 #Covid cases per day, the numbers are too high. If infections don’t drop below 1,000 in the next 10 days, there is no need to discuss relaxation from January 18. That would be the wrong way to go would lead to the fourth block, “he wrote on Twitter.

On the other hand, Anschober said in the APA interview that the deadline for the expiration of the tough measures currently in force on January 24 or 18 would be maintained from the current perspective. “That’s the declared goal. At the moment it looks like it,” Anschober said. Expect the Christmas holidays to have an impact on the number of new infections. “But at the same time, we have had the lockdown regulations since December 26 and they will have a strong impact. That means: overall, there should be a significant reduction in the number of infections.”

The stated “minimum target” is to bring the seven-day incidence below 100 (from around 150 currently). The Health Minister wants to see the reproduction factor at a maximum of 0.8 – “if somehow it can go down a bit,” he repeated his objectives. And he wants to push the intensive care beds occupied by patients with crowns of more than 400 towards 200.

With the massive free tests planned for mid-January, “the contagion situation will once again be reduced.” Certain professional groups also need to be tested regularly. These are teachers, primary school educators, hairdressers, other services related to the body, the catering sector and commerce with customer contact, as well as public transport employees with direct contact with passengers and health professions with ” more intensive contact with the patient. “

After massive testing, it is important to gradually move towards vaccines. Stakeholders need not worry, they will be informed in due time, Anschober stressed. People at particular risk are preferred. After the start of vaccination on December 27, phase 1 should continue in January, which is aimed at high-risk groups (residents and employees of the elderly and nursing homes, health workers at high risk of exposure and people with defined prior illnesses). Those affected are informed directly at the facilities or production plants.

In phase 2 from February to April (population over 65 years and over, people in critical infrastructure), the interested institutions and then the general practitioners are the contact persons, according to the minister. And for the general population, who will be offered a vaccine from the second quarter of 2021 until the summer, there will be offers in addition to general practitioners directly in communities and companies (for example, vaccination streets).

However, Anschober warned against throwing away the usual protection measures (distance, hand hygiene and masks) with the start of vaccination: “Vaccination is the key to change of course. But now it must be accepted and implemented by the population. Especially the next The months during the launch of the vaccination will be another very difficult phase, since we will all have a special challenge again. Vaccination will not be a change of lever, it will be a step-by-step process to reduce risk ” . The goal is that everyone who wants to be vaccinated receives a vaccination offer for the summer, he repeated. The plan depends on the approval dates of vaccines and deliveries.

The minister was also cautious about whether Christmas 2021 could be a “normal” one: “I do not trust myself to make a forecast. I hope that we will have a gradually easier life in the second half of 2021 and that the rather, we have limited the pandemic to a very small level. ” At first, Anschober was convinced that “the world after the pandemic will not be the same as it was before the pandemic.” Expect a “glocalisation”: although there is still an urgent need for cosmopolitanism on the one hand, with open borders, on the other hand also expect a stronger regionalization in the economy and in purchasing behavior.

These statements by the minister sounded the alarms in the FPÖ. “At the end of 2020, Minister Anschober is already announcing an extension of the state of emergency for the entire year 2021. This means that the government intends to continue its delaying tactic under the guise of the coronavirus, to continue to intervene en masse in the Fundamental rights and freedoms of Austrians “. to further undermine the rule of law and further undermine democratic-parliamentary control and integration of the opposition. The ÖVP and the Greens are obviously not prepared to deviate from their increasingly totalitarian course of power frenzy, on the contrary, “said FPÖ club president Herbert Kickl.

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