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The Ministry of Health and the federal states are once again vaccinating by age group, not by occupational group. This is justified by the EMA’s recommendation that the AstraZeneca vaccine is safe.
Since APA, Mare | 19.08, March 18, 2021
The start of the corona vaccination of 35,000 policemen Has been postponed. Because the European Medicines Agency (EMA) vaccine AstraZeneca Recommended on Thursday for those over 65, now they will be given preferential treatment again.
From the Ministry of Health means you’re just sticking to the original vaccination schedule, after this age group you also have a higher risk of a more severe course of Covid. A corresponding decree of the Minister of Health. Rudolf anschober therefore, it was issued to the federal states.
Intensive care units must be relieved
Currently the Vaccination from 65 to 74 years particularly low. By Wednesday, only 2.4 percent of this age group had received the two vaccines necessary for complete immune protection, 6.5 percent had received at least the first “sting.” So they were significantly more young people vaccinated (between 6.8 and 9.5 percent “first vaccinated”), although almost half of those infected with corona are in the The intensive care unit (45 percent) are between 65 and 79 years old. Therefore, the government’s corona forecasting consortium warned on Wednesday that immunization of this age group is insufficient to prevent the expected significant increase in intensive care patients.
Obviously, the police are very disappointed. From the Home Office At first he only said that this message could not be confirmed or denied. According to the police vaccination coordinator Karl Hutter one was ready. 60 vaccination routes were already available in 20 locations.
Plus Federal states announce that they will implement the prioritization of people over 65 that was agreed on March 5 and that for the moment more professional group vaccinations will be postponed. Salzburg, Lower Austria and the Steiermark you want to keep immunization appointments for teachers that have already been arranged. According to federal decree, there should be no more professional group vaccinations at the moment.
In Carinthia stressed Gerd kurath from the state press service that those under 65 were only preferred as long as AstraZeneca was not approved for seniors. Therefore, in addition to health and nursing staff, teachers aged 45 to 65 have also been vaccinated. “With us now is the turn of high-risk patients,” says Kurath. However, he also notes that AstraZeneca does not expect large deliveries in the next two weeks.
It is not yet clear when the immunization of police forces can begin. That also depends on upcoming vaccine deliveries, according to the Health Ministry. Not only the executive is affected by this, but also in part the educational staff.
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