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German Health Minister Jens Spahn said his country has received 300 doses of the Corona vaccine, and may start administering the Covid-19 vaccines next month, with the possibility of extending current isolation measures until 20 December. December.
“There is reason to be optimistic that there will be approval for a vaccine in Europe this year,” Spahn said in an interview with the newspaper.
“Then we can start right away.”
Spahn added that he had asked the German federal states to have the vaccination centers ready by mid-December and that this is going well.
He said Germany has obtained more than 300 million doses of the vaccine through the European Commission, contracts and binary options.
Extended insulation
On the other hand, a senior official and a draft proposal reviewed by Reuters said that Germany will have to extend its current measures to contain the Covid-19 pandemic until December 20.
Germany imposed “reduced general isolation” measures for a month, starting on November 2, to contain a second wave of the virus that plagues most of Europe, but the number of infections did not decrease.
Bars and restaurants have closed, but schools and shops are still open. Current measures limit private gatherings to a maximum of ten people from two families, and the draft proposal says this number will be reduced to five.
It was not clear which of the 16 German federal states supported the draft proposal.
The leader of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, Marcus Sweder, told Bild am Sonntag that the best step to take is to extend the isolation measures for three weeks, which means it ends on December 20.
“The wave broke, but unfortunately the number of new infections is not decreasing,” Sweder said. Otherwise, intensive care units remain overcrowded with the increasing number of deaths. “
He added that cinemas, bars and hotels must remain closed and that fireworks and alcoholic beverages must be prohibited on New Year’s Eve in large public squares. The draft proposes to ban the buying and selling of fireworks.
Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet with state leaders on November 25 to discuss whether to impose more restrictions or extend existing ones.
Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said financial support for the affected companies should continue if it is agreed to extend the restrictions, but added that continued compensation for 75% of lost revenue would be a challenge under European competition laws.
