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Status: 11/20/2021 8:36 a.m.
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RKI boss Wieler considers a fifth corona wave to be possible if there is no more vaccination. The US now allows booster vaccinations from the age of 18. Hamburg and Saarland are using 2G as of today. All developments in the live blog.
- Wieler warns of a fifth wave
- Booster vaccinations in the US are now possible from the age of 18
- Stricter rules in Hamburg and Saarland
- Left boss against full football stadiums
- Maas and Aschenberg-Dugnus against general compulsory vaccination
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8:36 am
Protest against limitation of BioNTech deliveries
Bavaria’s Minister of Health, Klaus Holetschek, has spoken out clearly against a restriction on BioNTech deliveries announced by the Federal Ministry of Health. That was unacceptable, he told the dpa news agency. Criticism also comes from the ranks of the Greens and the FDP.
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8:32 am
CSU politician Mayer wants vaccination for football professionals
The CSU politician Stephan Mayer has spoken out in favor of compulsory vaccination for football professionals. “From my point of view, it cannot be conveyed to the audience that the 2G rule rightly applies to them and in the stands, but that the players can also participate in games without vaccination,” said the Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of the Interior of the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” . That is why he considers compulsory vaccination for football professionals “justifiable and necessary”.
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8:10 a.m.
President of the City Council for a clear edge in the event of violations of corona rules
The President of the City Council, Markus Lewe, has called for tough action to be taken in the event of violations of the new Corona rules. It needs a “clear edge”, said Lewe of the “Passauer Neue Presse”. Münster’s mayor also insisted on support. “We can’t put municipal bouncers in front of the bars.” The support of the innkeepers and organizers is required, the courts also have to go along with it. The CDU politician emphasized: “The employees of the municipal regulatory authorities will of course continue to carry out random checks.”
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05:46 am
“Berlin hospitals in full pandemic mode again”
Because of the recent corona wave, the Berlin Hospital Society sees clinics and staff at the limit. “The Berlin hospitals are again in full pandemic mode and are making every effort to care for the large number of Covid sufferers,” said managing director Marc Schreiner of the dpa news agency.
It can no longer be prevented that there will be significantly more intensive care patients in the coming period: “The hospitals and their employees will come to their limits.” Schreiner demanded “all possible support from politics, administration and society”.
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05:41 am
RKI: New high
The Robert Koch Institute has published today’s corona numbers. The incidence value has reached a new high for the 13th time in a row.
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03:36 am
Wieler warns of a fifth wave
If the vaccination quota is insufficient, the wave-like corona spread could continue after the fourth wave, according to the President of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI). “If the reduction in contacts and the vaccination do not succeed intensively, we will also get a fifth wave according to the current modeling,” said Lothar Wieler of the dpa news agency.
It is bitter that so far not more people have decided to take this easy step. “The further course of winter depends heavily on what happens now,” said Wieler. It is important to reduce contacts across Germany and massively increase vaccination activities.
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02:22 am
Booster vaccinations in the USA now from the age of 18
A booster vaccination against the coronavirus is now officially possible for all Americans 18 and over. According to rules set by the US Food and Drug Administration, they can be vaccinated with the Pfizer and Biontech or Moderna vaccine six months after their second vaccination.
The CDC health authority has now approved the new requirement. She accepted a recommendation from her scientific advisors. They let it be known that everyone over 50 should definitely get a booster vaccination. Millions more Americans can now get their third vaccination. So far, the US authorities have only supported a third vaccination for high-risk patients and other people at high risk.
In at least ten US states, however, booster vaccinations have already been given to all adults in the past few weeks. Now, with the FDA ruling, that’s getting easier.
Americans over 18 can then switch from one vaccine to the other. In addition to the vaccine from Pfizer / Biontech and Moderna, the vaccine from Johnson & Johnson, of which only one dose is administered during the first immunization, is also approved in the USA. Those who received this vaccine were already entitled to a booster vaccination after two months in the USA.
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01:53 am
In Hamburg and Saarland, tightening comes into force
In the fight against further coronavirus spread, stricter rules come into force in Saarland and Hamburg today. As of Saturday, unvaccinated people will be largely excluded from public life in the Hanseatic city. A 2G obligation applies to restaurants, bars, clubs, discos, indoor sports as well as leisure choirs and orchestras. Essential body-hugging services such as foot care and medical treatments are still available under 3G terms.
As of today, only those who have been vaccinated and recovered are allowed to enter the interiors of restaurants, leisure, cultural and sports facilities in Saarland. The 2G rule also applies to events, hotel stays and visits to so-called body-hugging service providers such as hairdressers. The previous measures have also been tightened for outdoor areas. Organizers of Christmas markets in Saarland, for example, can choose between the 3G rule or a mask requirement. In addition, the mask requirement in schools and universities will be reintroduced.
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1:25 am
Left boss against full football stadiums
Left boss Janine Wissler rejects full ranks in the football stadiums in the midst of the difficult Corona situation. “In view of the situation in the intensive care units, full stadiums and full Christmas markets are not responsible,” she told the “Tagesspiegel”. With such a high number of infections, 2G does not offer sufficient protection.
Despite the worsening infection rate, tens of thousands are allowed to visit the stadiums of the Bundesliga at the weekend. There is mostly a 2G regulation for vaccinated and convalescent viewers. In Saxony, however, there will be ghost games again for three weeks from Monday.
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11/19/2021 • 12:23 am
Maas and Aschenberg-Dugnus against general compulsory vaccination
After the announcement of a general corona vaccination obligation in Austria, politicians of the possible future traffic light coalition are ruling out such a regulation for Germany. “There won’t be any,” said the executive foreign minister, Heiko Maas (SPD), to the TV broadcaster Bild Live. “Because we don’t consider it necessary, because we also consider it difficult from a constitutional point of view.”
The FDP health politician Christine Aschenberg-Dugnus said: “Putting the general compulsory vaccination in the room as a threat does not help anyone. Especially the countries with dramatic Corona numbers should concentrate on expanding the vaccination offers as agreed and implementing the new Corona measures . “
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November 19, 2021 • 1:00 a.m.
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