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Vaccination wave rolling towards Germany despite vaccination backlog

May 11, 2025 • 10:30 AM

In Germany, there is currently a vaccination backlog, many people who have been vaccinated refuse an offer of vaccination with the Astrazenca vaccine due to EU scaremomgering. In the coming week, even more vaccine from the British manufacturer Astrazeneca should be available. But how is the problem of the vaccine backlog to be solved? The Federal Government rejects the reproaches, it would be inoculated too little. Can everyone in Germany soon be offered vaccination? As early as next week,...

Each vaccine has its merits and they all work

May 11, 2025 • 10:30 AM

Reports from the scientific community often meant bad news in the Corona year: Warnings, steep curves, mutated viruses. But lately, the scientific journals have more often featured hopeful messages.  Just on Thursday, a new study from Israel came along. It drew the same conclusion as others before it: Vaccination works - often better than hoped. The latest encouraging findings come from Britain and Israel. This is no coincidence. Both countries have high vaccination rates, so there is plenty...

Nasal swab tests now approved

May 11, 2025 • 10:30 AM

In Germany, people can now test themselves for the coronavirus. The Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) granted special approval to three such home tests on Wednesday. This gives more possibilities for infection control, but possibly also more confusion: antigen test, rapid test, lay tests - what is behind the terms? What needs to be considered when using them? Roughly speaking, two types of tests can be distinguished: First, the PCR tests used from the beginning of the...

Astra-Zeneca may produce less than promised in second quarter

May 11, 2025 • 10:30 AM

The Swedish-British pharmaceutical company Astra-Zeneca is facing repeated production bottlenecks. The company, which is already supplying significantly less of its Corona vaccine to the EU in the first quarter of this year than agreed in the supply contract signed in August 2020, is in danger of falling well short of its commitment in the second quarter as well. That emerged after a routine meeting of EU representatives with Astra-Zeneca managers on Tuesday evening. According to a widely...

First special approval for Corona self-tests

May 11, 2025 • 10:30 AM

The Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices has granted the first three special approvals for Corona tests for self-administration by laypersons. A spokesman made the announcement on Wednesday. In all three tests, samples would be taken by swabbing the front of the nose. This can be carried out safely by laypersons according to the studies presented by the manufacturers, the Federal Institute further explained. Before granting a special approval, the Federal Institute not only checks...

German Corona infection rates continue downward trend

May 11, 2025 • 10:30 AM

Health authorities in Germany reported 4369 new Corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within one day. In addition, 62 more deaths were recorded within 24 hours. This is according to figures released by the RKI on Monday. Exactly one week ago, the RKI had recorded 4426 new infections and 116 new deaths within one day. On Monday, the case numbers reported by the RKI are usually lower, partly because there is less testing on the weekend. Subsequent changes or additions are...

Biontech vaccine nearly 96 percent effective after two doses

May 11, 2025 • 10:30 AM

The Corona vaccine from Mainz-based Biontech and its U.S. partner Pfizer has an efficacy of nearly 96 percent after two doses of vaccination, according to new data from Israel. According to the Israeli Health Ministry on Saturday, two weeks after the second dose of the vaccine, 95.8 percent fewer infections were found in vaccinated people than in unvaccinated people. One week after the second dose, efficacy was 91.9 percent, according to the report. According to the study, the vaccine was also...

Experts warn against rapid lockdown easing

May 11, 2025 • 10:30 AM

Scientists warn against loosening lockdown too quickly in light of the spread of the new Corona variants. "Openings without new countermeasures now would be fatal - we would be back to exponential growth in a few weeks and would have to close again," virologist Melanie Brinkmann of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Braunschweig told the Süddeutsche Zeitung. She refers to a new analysis by her colleague Michael Meyer-Hermann. According to this, the infection figures shoot up...

Corona outbreak in ice cream factory

May 11, 2025 • 10:30 AM

After a Corona outbreak occurred at an ice cream factory in Osnabrück, Germany, the number of employees who tested positive for the Corona virus has now been updated: Of a total of about 600 employees, 210 had tested positive, a spokesman for the city said. The factory has been closed since the weekend, a special company has disinfected the premises. All employees, including the management, are currently in quarantine. In addition, at least two people have been infected with the British mutant...

Corona rates continue to improve

May 11, 2025 • 10:30 AM

Health departments in Germany reported 6114 new Corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within one day. In addition, 218 more deaths were recorded within 24 hours, according to figures released by the RKI. The number of cases reported by the RKI is usually lower, in part because less testing is performed on weekends. The data reflect the status of the RKI dashboard as of 05:30, subsequent changes or additions are possible. In comparison, on Sunday last week, the RKI had recorded...

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