Kirsten Griesherber, Associated Press
BERLIN (AP) — A 60-year-old man vaccinated against dozens of COVID-19 shots in Germany to sell counterfeit vaccination cards with real vaccine batch numbers to people who didn’t want the vaccine. is said to have received
A man from the eastern German city of Magdeburg, whose name was not released in line with German privacy rules, tested positive for COVID-19 at a vaccination center in eastern Saxony for months before being arrested by criminal police. He is said to have received up to 90 injections, German news agency DPA reported on Sunday this month.
The suspect has not been taken into custody but is under investigation on charges of fraudulent issuance of vaccination cards and falsification of documents, the DPA reported.
He was caught at the vaccination center in Eilenburg, Saxony when he came to be vaccinated for COVID-19 for two days in a row. Police confiscated several blank vaccination cards from him and filed a criminal case.
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It wasn’t immediately clear what impact the roughly 90 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from various brands had on the men’s personal health.
German police have carried out a number of raids in recent months in connection with the falsification of vaccination passports. Many COVID-19 deniers reject vaccination in Germany, but at the same time the much-needed vaccine that makes public life and places such as restaurants, theaters, swimming pools and workplaces easier to access. I would like to obtain his COVID-19 passport.
After weeks of high infections in Germany, many measures to contain the pandemic ended on Friday. Masks are no longer mandatory in grocery stores and most theaters, but are still required on public transport.
Most schools in Germany no longer require students to wear masks, so teachers’ associations have come to warn about possible clashes in class.
“Currently, children wearing masks are at risk of being teased by classmates for being weak and overprotective, and being pressured by children not wearing masks.” The president told dpa, he advocated a voluntary commitment that teachers and students continue to wear masks in classes and on school grounds, at least until the country enters the two-week Easter holiday. .
Health experts say the recent surge in infections in Germany caused by the BA.2 omicron variant may have peaked.
On Sunday, the country’s disease control agency reported 74,053 new COVID-19 infections in a single day, but less than a week later, 111,224 daily infections were reported.
Overall, Germany has registered 130,029 COVID-19 deaths.
This article corrects the number of new infections reported per day to 111,224 within a week.
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