The Standing Vaccination Commission (STIKO) recommends Covid-19 vaccinations for under 30-year-olds only with the Comirnaty vaccine from partners BioNTech and Pfizer.
Current data showed that heart muscle and pericardial inflammation in young people under 30 years of age were observed more frequently after vaccination with the Spikevax vaccine from Moderna than after vaccination with Comirnaty, explained Stiko, based at the Robert Koch Institute, on Wednesday for its updated recommendation.
For those over 30 years of age, however, there is no increased risk of heart muscle and pericardial inflammation after vaccination with Spikevax.
Pregnant women should be offered vaccination regardless of age.
More new infections than ever
Meanwhile, the health authorities in Germany reported more new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute than ever since the beginning of the pandemic.
They transmitted 39,676 new cases within one day, according to figures from the RKI this Wednesday morning.
The previous high was reported on Friday at 37,120 (previous week's value: 20,398).
According to the RKI, the seven-day incidence nationwide is 232.1. It has thus reached a peak for the third day in a row. Last Monday (201.1) and Tuesday (213.7) there were records for the daily incidences reported by the RKI. A week ago the value was 146.6, a month ago it was 66.1.
According to the new information, 236 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours. A week ago there were 194 deaths. The number of people who died with or with a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 96,963. The RKI has counted 4,844,054 detected infections with the Sars-CoV-2 virus since the beginning of the pandemic. The actual total number is likely to be significantly higher, as many infections are not detected. The RKI stated the number of those who had recovered at 4,415,900.
The number of corona patients admitted to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days - the most important parameter for a possible tightening of the corona restrictions - was given by the RKI on Tuesday as 4.31 (Monday: 3.93).
With the indicator it must be taken into account that hospital admissions are sometimes reported with delay.
A nationwide threshold, from when the situation can be viewed critically, is not provided for the incidence of hospitalization, among other things because of large regional differences.
The previous high was around 15.5 around Christmas time.
The North Rhine-Westphalian Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst (CDU) once again demanded a quick federal-state meeting and talks about a nationwide 2G regulation in view of the increasing numbers.
“I think we should come to an understanding across Germany that we won't end up with a patchwork quilt again, and 2G seems to be an effective means.
We have to talk about that, ”said the current chairman of the Prime Minister's Conference on Wednesday on Deutschlandfunk.
"We are also able to act on our own if necessary, but my pre would be a common strategy in the district with the federal government," said Wüst.