There was great excitement and confusion. Even on Friday. Is there a test requirement for parents who accompany their sick children to the doctor?
A clear no comes from Jürgen Marseille, pediatrician in Röttingen (district of Würzburg) and Lower Franconian chairman in the Bavarian professional association of paediatricians (BKVJ). It is legally clarified that parents are not accompanying persons in the pediatric practice, but rather the patient’s extended arm, “says Marseille. And that is why they are not subject to mandatory testing ??.
The opposite view spread as quickly as a rumor after changes to the Infection Protection Act came into effect this week. The health ministers of the federal states then demanded that the federal government correct or relax the daily test requirement in medical practices, clinics and care facilities for vaccinated and recovered employees. In Bavaria, too, there was uncertainty as to whether this mandatory test also applies to parents.
Federal Ministry of Health: The obligation to test only applies to employees of medical practices
According to the German Press Agency, however, the Federal Ministry of Health made it clear on Wednesday: “The obligation to test applies to medical practice employees, but not to patients and their companions.” This also applies to people who, for example, accompany older patients to the doctor’s office.
Pediatrician Jürgen Marseille demands: “Politicians should listen to science.” He agrees with virologists who believe that contact restrictions, i.e. another lockdown, are necessary. “Because everything we do now, including the tests, will not change the situation and will break the fourth wave.”
“Children don’t get seriously ill, but they are the flash in the pan because they can infect their parents.”
Pediatrician Jürgen Marseille–
Half of the kindergarten children tested positive for the corona virus. And parents who had been vaccinated twice would be infected again from their children. Therefore: “Parents and the elderly must receive a booster vaccination quickly,” said Marseille. In addition, the pediatrician is of the opinion that in day nurseries and kindergartens, where infection cannot be prevented because these children cannot be vaccinated due to their age, a lockdown of around 14 days is necessary. “Children don’t get seriously ill, but they are the flash in the pan because they can infect their parents.”
The Röttingen pediatrician and BKVJ chairman from Lower Franconia also has a clear opinion on another point of discussion: “I will be one of the doctors who will start vaccinating on December 20th, as soon as the vaccine suitable for children is available.” He does not want to wait for the recommendation of the Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko).
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