China News Agency, Berlin, May 27 (Reporter Peng Dawei) German Chancellor Merkel announced on the 27th after consultations with the governors of the states that the German federal government has reached a resolution with the states to allow minors over 12 years old from June 7 People make appointments for the new crown vaccine.
At present, the European Medicines Agency has not approved the new crown vaccine for minors, but the German government said on the same day that it is expected that the agency will officially approve the Pfizer-Biontech vaccine for minors of this age.
The German disease control agency announced that the number of newly diagnosed new crown virus infections and new deaths were 6,313 and 269 respectively.
The German official indicator of "the number of newly diagnosed diagnoses per 100,000 people in seven days" used by the German authorities to detect the severity of the epidemic has dropped for several consecutive days and dropped to 41 on that day.
According to real-time data from Germany's "Times Online", as of 19:00 local time on the 27th, a total of 3,672,893 confirmed cases and 88,707 deaths in Germany.
Before Merkel announced the decision to provide vaccination opportunities for minors over 12 years of age on June 7, Thomas Moore, chairman of the German Standing Committee on Vaccines (STIKO), which is responsible for providing authoritative advice on various vaccinations in the country Teng expressed reservations about minors being vaccinated against the new crown.
Thomas Mertens said that the risk of minor vaccination should be thoroughly studied before giving corresponding recommendations.
However, the German Federal Government and the states did not adopt the views of the Standing Committee on Vaccines. Instead, they announced a resolution later in the day that they will cancel the new crown vaccination priority system on June 7. 12-year-old minors are provided with the opportunity to make an appointment for vaccination.
Merkel said on the same day that German vaccination has achieved remarkable results. At present, 35 million Germans (about 41.5% of the total population) have received at least one dose of the vaccine, and 13 million (accounting for 15.7% of the total population) have been fully vaccinated. .
Merkel emphasized that the prioritized vaccination system implemented so far has achieved positive results among the elderly and people with underlying diseases. The number of newly diagnosed people in a single day and the number of severely ill people who need to occupy ICU beds have kept falling. Great success".
The German federal government and the states reiterated that they will continue to seek to fulfill their previous commitments so that everyone living in Germany will have the opportunity to be vaccinated before the end of this summer.
Merkel said that it is expected that the European Medicines Agency will formally approve the Pfizer-Biontech vaccine for teenagers over 12 years old. Therefore, the country plans to provide scheduled vaccination for this group from June 7.
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