Corona vaccines: health expert calls for increased vaccine production

The crown vaccine from Biontech and Pfizer is now also administered in Germany. Health expert Lauterbach wants more production of the vaccine.

+++ 4.14 pm: SPD Health Expert Karl Lauterbach calls for an increase in production capacity to Corona vaccine of Biontech and Pfizer. “The vaccination is going well. The problem, however, is that we can only vaccinate five million people with the existing vaccine at the end of March, “Lauterbach told the German publishing network (RND). “But we are running out of time. The virus already has Mutations educated.”

Lauterbach referred to recent studies, according to which the Coronavirus these Mutations it could form in immunosuppressed patients, for example, cancer patients or autoimmune patients. “Mutations make vaccination to compete against the virus. So we have to vaccinate as quickly as possible before the mutations also have an anti-vaccination effect. ” Therefore, the federal government should definitely verify whether the production capacity of vaccine He demanded that it be built or increased in Germany on short notice.

Corona vaccines began: health politicians warn of negligence

+++ 2.10 pm: Even if now the first people in the EU vaccinated against coronavirus they were allowed Hygiene’s norm Health politicians caution that distance, ventilation and wearing a mask should not be neglected. “Despite legitimate joy, we must continue to strictly follow all precautionary measures,” said CDU / CSU parliamentary group health policy spokeswoman Karin Maag. Initially, the corona vaccine was only available to a limited extent.

SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach criticized in a “Welt” guest article that “the population continues to underestimate this challenge.”

Coronavirus vaccination: all vaccinated in Halberstadt are fine

+++ 11.45 am: the Corona vaccine Yesterday Saturday (December 26, 2020) caused no problems for the residents of the Halberstadt senior center or the vaccinated employees. “Everyone is fine,” said the facility’s operator, Tobias Krüger, on Sunday morning. More than 101 years Edith kwoizalla, who had received the first dose of the vaccine, said, as the day before: “She is as usual.” Krüger himself had also been vaccinated.

Corona vaccines have started in Germany

+++ 09.00 am: Also in Berlin the vaccines against that Coronavirus it started. In the presence of Health Senator Dilek Kalayci (SPD), a 101-year-old man received an injection with the Mainz company vaccine at a nursing home in Berlin-Steglitz on Sunday morning. Biontech and the American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. According to the health administration, Berlin initially received 9,750 doses of the vaccine to start with.

+++ 8.50 am: According to a poll, around two thirds of Germans want to oppose Coronavirus vaccinate. In the survey conducted by the YouGov survey institute on behalf of the DPA, 32 percent of those surveyed said they wanted to get vaccinated as soon as possible. Another 33 percent are determined to do so, too, but still want to wait and see the possible consequences of vaccination for others. 19 percent have decided not to get vaccinated, 16 percent are still undecided.

A clear majority of 57 percent also fear the side effects of vaccination. Only a third do not have those fears. 10 percent did not provide any information.

Corona virus vaccination: Söder accelerates the pace with corona vaccines

Update on Sunday, December 27, 2020 at 7:20 am: In Germany and many other EU countries, vaccines against the corona virus will officially start this Sunday (December 27, 2020). To provide people with a vaccine as quickly as possible, Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) called for more speed in the production of Corona vaccines.

Söder urged speeding up the production of the vaccine. “Unfortunately, there cannot be a quick clearance. Because there is simply too little vaccine, ”Söder said. “Therefore, the speed of production must be greatly increased. Otherwise, many people have to wait too long ”. Söder emphasized that all other measures depended on the amount of vaccine available. “The more vaccine, the more freedom. The less, the longer the restrictions last. ”

Vaccines with the manufacturer’s means Biontech and Pfizer They begin in care centers and for the elderly, for which mobile vaccination teams are available. Federal states and local authorities decide who gets vaccinated first. The first doses of vaccination arrived in the federal states on Saturday morning. More and more cans will be delivered in the coming days and weeks.

Corona in Germany: 101-year-old woman receives first vaccine

First report: Halberstadt – it Coronavirus hat Germany still firmly under control. Even on vacation around Christmas many new infections and deaths were reported. As of Sunday (December 27, 2020) the corona * vaccines will begin in the Federal Republic. In Halberstadt, in the Harz district of Saxony-Anhalt, residents and employees of the Krüger senior center were already against the Coronavirus vaccinated.

Corona: 30 vaccinations in a retirement home in Saxony-Anhalt

Edith Kwoizalla made the exit. According to observers, the 101-year-old resident of the nursing home took the prick with the syringe calmly and with a smile behind it. Mouth and nose protection opposite. This is reported, among other things, by the “Germany publishing network”.

The Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt had previously asked whether the facility was in Halberstadt he’s ready, said operator and nurse Tobias Krüger. “Every day we wait is one more day,” says Krüger. According to the operator of the senior center, a total of 20 residents and 10 employees opposed the Coronavirus vaccinate.

Corona in Saxony-Anhalt: 9,750 vaccination doses distributed to districts

The state of Saxony-Anhalt had the first delivery with 9,750 on Saturday morning (December 26, 2020) Vaccination dose against that Coronavirus received. the vaccine It was then distributed to independent districts and cities. As in the other German federal states, the official start of vaccination is scheduled for Sunday (December 27, 2020). There is also a plan for who should get vaccinated against Sars-CoV-2 and at what time. (tob) * fr.de is part of the Ippen publishing network nationwide