“Improving Care for People with Corona Vaccination Damage in NRW: The State’s Efforts and Challenges”

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NRW: Improving care for people with vaccination damage

NRW Health Minister Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU) wants to improve the care of people with corona vaccination damage. “I’ll say it very clearly: we have to get better at providing care and supporting those who have been vaccinated,” Laumann told the “Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger” (Saturday). Significantly more research is needed in this area and nationwide therapy standards. The state of North Rhine-Westphalia is committed to intensifying and funding research into the post-vac syndrome at federal level. Those affected should be better informed about the possibilities of compensation. On the other hand, those affected must be given low-threshold access to expert knowledge.

As the NRW Ministry of Health also announced, if vaccination damage is recognized, financial aid is available under the Infection Protection Act, which ranges from medical treatment services to compensation payments and assistance in the event of a need for care to benefits for surviving dependents. The type and amount of help is essentially dependent on the severity of the vaccination damage. The state alone bears the costs. According to the ministry, a total of 1,124 applications for care due to vaccination damage were received by the responsible municipal landscape associations in Rhineland and Westphalia-Lippe by mid-April.

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