07:45 am | For the first time Johnson & Johnson in practices
In the last week of May, medical practices in Germany will receive the Covid-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson for the first time. The Federal Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians announced that the federal government will provide around 1.6 million cans from Biontech / Pfizer, a little more than 500,000 cans from Johnson & Johnson and an estimated 600,000 from Astrazeneca for the week from May 25 to 30. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine only requires one vaccination.
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07:30 am | No more corona tests in the Gaza Strip
According to the authorities there, the only laboratory for evaluating coronavirus tests in the Palestinian Territory is out of order after an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip. As the health ministry of the radical Islamist Hamas announced, the laboratory was located in a clinic that was also partially destroyed. The Ministry of Health had also been hit and there were injured medical staff. Previously, around 1,600 people were tested for the corona virus every week in the Gaza Strip. Almost every third test was positive – one of the highest positive rates in the world.
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07:15 am | Austria allows entry without quarantine
From tomorrow, Austria will allow entry from Germany without quarantine. Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein said this with reference to a new regulation. However, proof of vaccination, testing or recovery remains mandatory.
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07:00 am | Doctors are demanding that schools and daycare centers open quickly
Pediatricians have called for schools and day-care centers to open quickly and warned of “devastating long-term consequences”. Schools and daycare centers should open quickly, “of course in accordance with the applicable guidelines and with appropriate testing,” said the President of the German Society for Child and Adolescent Medicine (DGKJ), Jörg Dötsch, in the Düsseldorf “Rheinische Post”. School openings should not be made dependent on vaccinations.
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There are psychiatric illnesses on a scale that we have never seen before. Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics are full and triage is taking place there. Those who are not at risk of suicide and “only” have one depression will no longer be accepted at all.
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The professional association of paediatricians (BVKJ) warned of “devastating long-term consequences” for children and adolescents. In the coronavirus pandemic, they were “massively neglected”, said BVKJ spokesman Jakob Maske. There are psychiatric illnesses on an unprecedented scale. Strong weight gain can also be observed in 15 to 20 percent of children.
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