BERLIN (AP)-A 60-year-old man has reportedly been vaccinated dozens of times against Covid-19 in Germany for selling fake vaccination cards with the real vaccine serial number to people who don’t want to vaccinate themselves .
A man from the city of Magdeburg, East Germany, whose name has not been released under Germany’s privacy policy, allegedly fired up to 90 shots against COVID-19 at vaccination centers in East Saxony several months ago. that is the past. caught by criminal police. It happened earlier this month, the German news agency dpa reported on Sunday.
The suspect has not yet been arrested, but the investigation into the unauthorized issuance of vaccination certificates and forgery of documents is ongoing, the dpa reported.
He was caught at a vaccination center in Eileenburg, Saxony when he faced off for the second consecutive day for the COVID-19 vaccine. Police confiscated several blank vaccination cards from him and started criminal proceedings.
It is not immediately clear what kind of effect the estimated 90 Covid-19 strokes, which come from different brands, have on a person’s personal health.
In recent months, German police have conducted numerous searches on the forgery of vaccination passports. Many who refuse COVID-19 refuse to be vaccinated in Germany, but at the same time they want to have the desired COVID-19 passports that facilitate access to public life and many places such as restaurants, cinemas, swimming pools or place of work.
Germany has been experiencing high infection rates for weeks, although many of the prevailing pandemics ended on Friday. It is no longer mandatory to wear a mask in grocery stores and most cinemas, but it is still mandatory on public transport.
Furthermore, in most schools in the country, students no longer have to wear a mask, prompting teachers ’associations to warn of possible conflicts in the classroom.
“There is now a danger that, on the one hand, children who wear masks will be ridiculed by their classmates as too protective, or, on the other hand, pressure will be given to those who wear masks”, – Heinz -Peter Meidinger. The president of the German Teachers’ Association spoke about it. It supported the voluntary commitment of teachers and students to continue wearing the mask in class and on the school grounds, even until the country receives a two-week Easter.
Health experts say the latest increase in infections in Germany, caused by the ommicron BA.2 subunit, may be on the rise.
On Sunday, the county’s disease control agency announced 74,053 new COVID-19 infections last week when the Robert Koch Institute recorded 11,224 daily infections. However, the number of reported infections is usually lower over the weekend.
In total, Germany recorded 130,029 deaths from COVID-19.
Source: Huffpost