COVID and ethics: Germany debates freedoms for the vaccinated
Ethical questions on how to treat individuals presumed immune to COVID have accompanied the pandemic from early on. Now, as Germans urgently want to resume their normal lives the debate has intensified.
It will be months before a majority of Germans will have had a chance to be vaccinated
As Germany finds itself in the throes of the third wave of coronavirus infections, people are getting tired of restrictions. So the country is debating whether fully vaccinated people should be exempt.
The government s position on what it terms freedoms ( Freiheiten ) for vaccinated individuals has evolved over time as vaccine supply has increased and the scientific data regarding the potential infectiousness of fully vaccinated individuals has grown.
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Germany, France, Italy, and Spain have it all stopped vaccination and AstraZeneca COVID-19 DISEASES Vaccination, following reports of missing blood samples in people who have been shot.
This initiative by the four major European countries follows in the footsteps of several smaller countries – pointing to a new level of confidence in Cheap vaccine that appears to be the best prospect of accelerating the COVID-19 vaccine across developing countries.
Experts point out that there is no clear evidence that the vaccine causes the disease, and cases are being investigated by regulators. But recent worries are already following questions from scientists how the company merged with a security and strength of his vaccine. Coming soon AstraZeneca is expected to release results from major clinical trials that will determine whether the FDA approves the vaccine for use in the US.
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German Minister On J&J Jabs, Vaccination Drive
German Health Minister Jens Spahn on Friday said the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine was certain to boost the national vaccination program.
German Health Minister Jens Spahn on Friday said the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine was certain to boost the national vaccination program.
Spahn spoke after visiting manufacturer IDT Biologika, which will help fill and package the single dose Johnson & Johnson shot, in the eastern city of Dessau.
Amid the criticised rollout of vaccines across Europe, the health minister said in his opinion it was better if they were produced on the continent.
COVID: Situation in Germany s hospitals is dramatic
Urgent action is needed to contain a third wave of coronavirus, top health officials have warned. The number of intensive care patients could reach a record high this month.
Spahn said doctors were expecting 6,000 patients to be admitted to the ICU this month
German Health Minister Jens Spahn on Thursday pleaded with federal states to impose further restrictions immediately rather than wait for the federal emergency brake.
The government has sought to introduce stricter nationwide restrictions to contain a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic amid calls from doctors to toughen the measures.
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German Health Minister Jens Spahn and Lothar H. Wieler president of the Robert-Koch-Institute German national agency and research institute, responsible for disease control and prevention, attend a press conference on the current coronavirus pandemic, in Berlin, Germany April 15, 2021. Michael Sohn/Pool via Reuters
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Berlin: German Health Minister Jens Spahn urged the country s 16 federal states on Thursday to impose tougher restrictions quickly to try to slow a third wave of the coronavirus and not to wait until a national law on measures is passed.
His appeal came as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases jumped on Thursday by 29,426 to 3.073 million, the biggest increase since Jan. 8. The reported death toll rose by 293 to 79,381, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) showed.