Status: 05/22/2021 10:22 a.m.
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The general practitioner association complains that practices are disadvantaged when it comes to the supply of vaccines and calls for the doses to be distributed fairly. Meanwhile, the nationwide seven-day incidence continues to decline.
In view of the announced end of vaccination prioritization on June 7th, German family doctors are calling for a fair distribution of vaccines. The chairman of the General Practitioner Association, Ulrich Weigeldt, said that Edthat every opportunity should be used to vaccinate. “The involvement of the company doctors, the private doctors, all of this may help. We have to keep our main goal in mind, to vaccinate as many people as possible as quickly as possible.” But one cannot accept that other structures are favored. “If not all can be supplied, you have to at least distribute it evenly.”
Weigeldt described the current situation in general practitioners’ practices as stressful. He warned that the announced end of vaccination prioritization on June 7th could lead to a massive run on the practices. “It is very stressful for our staff in the practices when there is a lot of pressure that we cannot answer for and that we cannot handle. There is frustration involved, which can be understood.”
One reason is the continuing lack of vaccine, said Weigeldt. There is a mismatch between the number of people willing to vaccinate and the number of doses that are available. Weigeldt also complained about the lack of planning security for vaccine orders. The chairman of the association called on citizens willing to vaccinate to be patient. “You have to keep calm now and not dump the frustration that you will not be vaccinated immediately on our employees.”
Spahn: “Be mad at me”
Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn made a similar appeal to the population yesterday. A vaccination offer could probably be made to everyone well before the end of September, said Spahn. “It’s now about weeks, not months,” he added. But not everyone can get hold of it immediately. The minister asked for understanding and patience with practice teams. “If you really want to be mad, be mad at me,” said Spahn. The practices would do their best to make appointments as quickly as possible.
Pharmacies want to issue digital vaccination certificates
While the general practitioners oppose a subsequent digital recording of the vaccinations in the practices, a majority of the pharmacies want to take on this task in the future. The chairman of the North Rhine Pharmacists’ Association, Thoma Preis, told the “Rheinische Post” that the corresponding technical platform was currently being developed. The transfer of the vaccination certificate to the electronic ID card approved by the EU could begin in mid-June.
Weigeldt had previously described the subsequent digitization for the general practitioners as too time-consuming. “Any additional effort is definitely too much,” said the head of the Reuters news agency. “Therefore, one cannot expect our practices to additionally take over the subsequent registration of the vaccinations. We are general practitioners and not the passport office.”
RKI reports 7082 new infections
Meanwhile, the nationwide corona numbers continued to decline. The Robert Koch Institute reported 7082 new infections for the past 24 hours on Saturday morning. That was about 800 cases less than a week ago. The seven-day incidence decreased to 66.8. The day before the value was 67.3, in the previous week it was 87.3. In addition, 170 new deaths were registered. A week ago there were 177 dead.
The total number of corona infections registered in Germany since the beginning of the pandemic is now 3,642,244. The death toll stands at 87,298.
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