Status: 02/25/2021 3:42 p.m.
Chronically ill people in Hamburg are not yet vaccinated – but they can already do something to avoid unnecessary waiting times.
Anyone who suffers from certain chronic diseases can go to their general practitioner or specialist now. Because from now on you will receive a certificate there that you belong to the second priority group, which will soon be receiving the corona vaccinations. These include patients with severe chronic lung, liver or kidney diseases, with diabetes or with severe overweight. You cannot go to the vaccination center without a doctor’s certificate.
Mobile vaccination teams in nursing homes
When exactly this group will start has not yet been determined, according to the social authorities. In addition to the chronically ill, the second priority group also includes all those over 70 years of age. By the way, on Friday the mobile vaccination teams should finish their work in the nursing homes.
AUDIO: Second vaccination group can avoid waiting times (1 min)
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To Information from the federal government the following groups of people belong to group 2:
- Over 70 year olds
- People with trisomy 21, with dementia, with intellectual disabilities, or with severe psychiatric illness, particularly bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or severe depression
- People after an organ transplant
- Cancer patients, people with severe lung disease (e.g. interstitial lung disease, cystic fibrosis, COPD), very pronounced obesity, severe diabetes mellitus, chronic liver or kidney disease
- People who, according to an individual medical assessment, have a very high or high risk of a serious or fatal course of the disease after an infection with the coronavirus due to special circumstances
- Up to two close contacts of people in need of care who do not live in a facility, who are over 70 years old, who have had an organ transplant or who have one of the aforementioned diseases or disabilities
- Up to two close contact persons for pregnant women
- People who work in inpatient facilities for mentally handicapped people or who regularly treat, care for or care for mentally handicapped people as part of outpatient care services
- People who work in areas of medical facilities with a high or increased risk of exposure to the coronavirus, in particular doctors and other staff with regular patient contact, staff from blood and plasma donation services and in corona test centers
- Police and law enforcement officers who are exposed to a high risk of infection while on duty, e.g. during demonstrations
- People who work in childcare facilities, in day care and in elementary, special or special schools
- People in the public health service and in relevant positions in the hospital infrastructure
- People who live or work in refugee and homeless facilities
- People who regularly work with older people or people in need of care within the framework of the offers for support in everyday life recognized under state law within the meaning of Section 45a of the Eleventh Book of the Social Code
Further information
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