German nurse accused of swapping Covid-19 vaccines with saline solution

"In this situation, it is important that all those who may be affected are offered catch-up vaccinations...This is the only way to ensure complete vaccination protection. Even if persons have already been correctly vaccinated twice," Matthias Pulz, president of the Lower Saxony State Health Office, stated in a press release Tuesday.

Police discovered the nurse concerned was "motivated to oppose the vaccination," the Lower Saxony authorities's coronavirus disaster crew, which is overseeing the case, informed journalists on Tuesday.

"The investigations of the police have shown the person (involved) was motivated to oppose the vaccination...since she remains silent with police, we do not know whether and to what extent she was manipulated during this period," stated Claudia Schröder, the deputy head of the Lower Saxony coronavirus crew.

"We do not know many people were specifically affected, and we are talking here about a period of seven weeks, so it is also a large number of people who come into consideration," Schröder added. Saline solution just isn't thought of harmful for people.

On Tuesday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germans to get vaccinated, including that Germany is seeing an increase in Covid-19 infections because of the Delta variant regardless of progress on the vaccine rollout.

Merkel stated she hopes for "clearly over 70, better 80%" of the German inhabitants to get vaccinated. Health Minister Jens Spahn stated in a tweet that 55.1% of Germany is absolutely vaccinated.

From September, aged and immunocompromised folks will probably be eligible for a 3rd, "booster" shot with an mRNA vaccine, in accordance with the German well being ministry.