Accordingly, in addition to the already active state MIT from Stuttgart, two further MITs from MVZ Dr. Kolepke and colleagues will be on the road with pop-up vaccinations in the towns and municipalities of the district from 22 November, organized by the district, and another MIT in the large district towns from 1 December. In the future, two more MITs from Heilbronn and Stuttgart are planned, which will be able to vaccinate in other municipalities and, if necessary, in large district towns. District Administrator Allgaier said that the district wants to organize the MITs in such a way that waiting times are as short as possible. "We are trying to support the MITs wherever possible. Of course, this includes publicizing where and when you can get vaccinated."
District Administrator and Clinic Supervisory Board Chairman Allgaier reported that Clinic Managing Director Prof. Dr. Jörg Martin and he have written to the Ministry of Social Affairs and its head Manne Lucha asking for support in the current situation, which is characterized by the fact that the number of staff in the clinics has fallen sharply during the pandemic and this is leading to a significant reduction in intensive care capacities. For this reason, the number of planned interventions must be reduced and staff shifted from the normal ward to the intensive care unit, continued Allgaier. The proposed formal lifting of the national pandemic situation by the federal government would lead to a trivialization of the current situation. With one exception, the capacity limits have almost been reached in all clusters.
District Administrator Dietmar Allgaier also agreed with the call to introduce compulsory vaccination for special occupational groups in the health and care sector. The District Administrator believes that these professional groups in particular have a special responsibility towards people in need of care, the sick and the elderly. He regrets that the future coalition partners in Berlin have not yet been able to reach an agreement on this.
On the subject of mandatory testing in daycare centers, District Administrator Allgaier said: "I think it is right that the issue of mandatory testing should be regulated at a national level. There must not and cannot be any isolated solutions." In this context, Dr. Ulrike Rangwich-Fellendorf made it clear "that, according to our findings, daycare centres are not drivers of the incidence of infection". She once again explained the further development of case and contact person management. Due to the large number of cases, it is no longer possible to call those infected. Instead, the focus is on larger outbreaks and vulnerable groups. It will also no longer be possible to evaluate self-report questionnaires in future. If someone had already had symptoms before a positive test, the day on which the symptoms began would be considered the first day of quarantine.
