In Lower Saxony, the 2G-Plus rule will be adjusted from Saturday. However, people who have already been boosted no longer need to present a test. What exactly is true? The overview.
Hanover – Lower Saxony gives way to its new one 2G plus rule back on. In this way, boosted people who already have a Corona booster vaccination are spared the additional obligation to test. The relief will come into force on Saturday, the Ministry of Health announced on Friday. This should also be included in the New version of the Corona regulation which, according to government spokeswoman Anke Pörksen, will come into force in the middle of next week.
2G-Plus: From Saturday, new corona rules will apply in Lower Saxony – exception for booster vaccinations
The recent federal and state resolutions. On Thursday, the prime ministers were at a crisis summit in the Chancellery 2G access restrictions in retail* and contact restrictions for unvaccinated people agreed. On Tuesday, December 7th, 2021, the state parliament of Lower Saxony will then discuss this at a special meeting.
“We want to exempt people who have been boosted from compulsory testing,” said Poerksen in Hanover. The background is bottlenecks in testing; long lines in front of test centers should be avoided. “That is the case in many parts of the country. We expressly regret that, ”said Poerksen. From a scientific point of view, there is a very low probability of infecting yourself and others after the Corona booster vaccination.
In Lower Saxony has had warning level two in many regions since Wednesday: After that, even vaccinated and convalescent people only have access to gastronomy, sports and events with an additional test (2G plus). There is massive criticism of this from both organizers and citizens.
Corona situation: Relief should “at the same time be an additional incentive to boost”, said Poerksen
The booster vaccinations are usually stored in the digital vaccination certificate as the third vaccination, it said. The exemption from the obligation to test applies from the vaccination. For people with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the second vaccination is decisive and is considered a refresher within the meaning of the new regulation.
“That is then at the same time an additional incentive to boost,” said Poerksen. However, she admitted that the state government was considering the 2G-plus rule as a whole, even though it meant a high level of security. The regulations in Lower Saxony are stricter than the federal-state resolutions of Thursday, although the corona situation is less tense than in the east and south of Germany.
The President of the Medical Association of Lower Saxony, Martina Wenker, called the lifting of the compulsory test for people with three corona vaccinations helpful. “Only effective vaccination can get us out of the pandemic,” she said.
In contrast, the opposition Greens saw the government’s U-turn as a “half-baked short-circuit reaction”. You only alleviate the test problem for a minority, said parliamentary group leader Julia Willie Hamburg. The majority of those vaccinated must continue to be tested in many places. The offers for booster vaccinations for refresher are limited. In addition, tests in the fourth corona wave are the central tool to prevent the virus from spreading. “It is known that people who have been vaccinated can pass the virus on.”
The FDP called on the government to hold a crisis meeting on the problems of gastronomy with 2G plus. “Guests stay away, business comes to a standstill,” said parliamentary group leader Stefan Birkner. “The reports that we receive show that 2G plus is a de facto lockdown.” Because of 2G plus, the city of Oldenburg will end its Christmas market, the Lambertimarkt, on Saturday evening.
Coronavirus: Incidence remains high – unfortunately, vaccine in Lower Saxony remains scarce
The vaccinations against the corona virus in Lower Saxony continue to suffer from one Shortage of vaccine. According to estimates by the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KVN), medical practices have requested one million doses of the vaccines from Biontech / Pfizer and Moderna. “A little more than half of the doses of the Biontech / Pfizer vaccine ordered by doctors cannot be served by the federal government, so that many practices will be affected by cuts again,” said a spokesman.
According to the spokesman, the start of so-called specialty practices, which are supposed to offer eight additional vaccination hours per week, is postponed because of the shortage. The state pharmacists’ association also criticized the fact that the cans delivered by the federal government are nowhere near enough to meet the increased demand.
The Ministry of Health called the shortage of corona vaccines “extremely unsatisfactory”, but sees its hands tied. The country has not been involved in the distribution since the large municipal vaccination centers were closed in September. Everything runs through wholesalers. (With material from dpa) * Kreiszeitung.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
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