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Information about COVID-19 vaccination
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PETRA KÖPPING, SAXON STATE
MINISTER FOR SOCIAL AFFAIRS
AND SOCIAL COHESION,
ADVISES THE FOLLOWING:
• Protect yourself, your loved ones and us all.
Please get vaccinated!
• Being fully vaccinated comes with extra
freedoms (family gatherings, dining at
restaurants etc.).
• There is a vaccine available to protect against
COVID-19, administered via injection in the
upper arm. The vaccine has been extensively
tested and approved for Europe-wide use.
• Various vaccines have been approved in Europe. Depending on which one
you receive, you may be fully protected against COVID-19 infection right
from the first vaccination, or you may need a second dose.
• Vaccination is free of charge.
• I assure you that the quality, effectiveness and safety of vaccines undergo
particularly strict testing in Germany and Europe in general. And this also
applies to the COVID-19 vaccination.
• The vaccine contains no animal products, nor will vaccination result in deportation.
• Many, many people tolerate the vaccine very well and have no problems afterwards.
• Some people experience a few side effects after vaccination, e.g. pain in the
upper arm, fever or headache, but these are only short-term.
Best regards, Petra Köpping
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GENERAL INFORMATION
• COVID-19 vaccination is voluntary and free of charge for all citizens. It is
strongly recommended as a means of protecting yourself and enabling us all
to find a way out of the pandemic.
• Vaccination is open to anyone residing in Germany, or international citizens
holding health insurance in Germany.
• Only together, with all citizens acting in solidarity, will our everyday life be
able to return to normal.
THE MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION PORTALS
FOR PATIENTS
• The latest information from the Saxon State Ministry for Social Affairs
and Social Cohesion:
www.coronavirus.sachsen.de/coronaschutzimpfung.html
• Information from the German Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA):
www.infektionsschutz.de/coronavirus
• Information from the German federal government in foreign languages:
www.infektionsschutz.de/coronavirus
• The following authorities and institutes also provide the latest details and
expert information:
www.infektionsschutz.de/coronavirus
www.rki.de/covid-19-impfen
www.pei.de/coronavirus
• To participate in the survey on tolerance of COVID-19 vaccines, please use the
SafeVac 2.0 app created by the Paul Ehrlich Institute (available in the Apple
App Store or Google Play Store) or the following website:
www.nebenwirkungen.bund.de
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS –
AND ANSWERS
The vaccination process
Why should I get vaccinated against COVID-19?
Most people don’t even get seriously ill from it!
• Did you know that the risk of becoming seriously ill or dying is much higher
for COVID-19 than for the flu?
• Vaccination is currently the best way to protect against illness and the
potential consequences.
• Only once approx. 70% of the population has immunity will transmission of
SARS-CoV-2 be low enough for the pandemic to pass.
Where can I get vaccinated? How can I book a vaccination
at a vaccination centre?
• You can get vaccinated
through vaccination centres, • Use the portal
mobile vaccination teams, sachsen.impfterminvergabe.de
GPs, specialists and company or call 0800 0899089.
physicians. You cannot book PLEASE NOTE: the portal is only
vaccination appointments available in German.
through the health authorities. • Or use the walk-in vaccination
option daily at all vaccination
centres except for Grimma.
Are there interpreters at the
vaccination centres?
Which is the right
• No. Information sheets in information form for me?
various languages can be found
on the RKI website: • For BioNTech and Moderna,
RKI - Informationsmaterial zum you will require the information
Impfen - Aufklärungsmerkblatt sheet for mRNA vaccines. For
zur COVID-19-Impfung mit AstraZeneca, you will require the
mRNA-Impfstoff. information and medical-history
forms for vector-based vaccines.
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What happens if I can’t make my How many doses do I need?
second vaccination appointment?
• Depending on the vaccine,
• The second dose of the vaccine you may have need to receive
needs to be administered within a second dose of the vaccine
a certain time frame. within a few weeks in order to
• If you cannot make an achieve full immunity.
appointment, please promptly • The vaccinator will advise you
advise your vaccination centre whether a second dose will be
by emailingbeschwerde@ necessary.
impfzentrum-sachsen.de,
providing your contact details
(name, telephone number, How can I arrange vaccination for
email and reference number; family members requiring care?
the VC will then get back to
you), or advise your doctor. • This is best done through your GP.
General questions
Can I get vaccinated if I have
already had COVID-19?
• The general assumption is that having COVID-19 gives you immunity. But
there is no definitive answer regarding how long this immunity lasts. So if you
have already had the virus, you do not need to get vaccinated right now. But
vaccination will not cause a problem even if you have unknowingly had the
virus (asymptomatic).
Do I still have to physically distance and wear
a nose and mouth cover after vaccination?
• Immunity is achieved approx. two to three weeks after the second dose – and
even thereafter, you will still be required to adhere to the physical-distancing,
hygiene and mask-wearing (AHA) rules. Despite the immunity, you may still
transmit the virus, so the rules will remain in place for now – for everyone’s
safety.Page 5 of 6
Vaccine safety
Are the vaccines safe? What vaccines are available?
• The vaccines were trialled on • Each of the vaccines is based on
tens of thousands of people. So the principle of ‘active immunity’.
far, serious side effects have been The body is presented with parts
extremely uncommon. (antigens) or a blueprint for anti-
• Possible common side effects gens of the COVID-19 pathogen,
are mild to moderate pain at prompting the immune system to
the injection site, tiredness produce antibodies. The various
or headache, which generally vaccines use different antigen
disappear within two days. components and approaches here.
• Reactions to vaccination are a • mRNA (messenger ribonucleic
good sign that your immune acid) constitutes the ‘building
system is creating antibodies. instructions’ for each of the
body’s individual proteins, and
• Pre-approval studies found side
must not be confused with
effects to occur in 1 in every 1000
genetic information (DNA).
people. No information is as yet
mRNA vaccines for COVID-19
available on long-term effects.
contain ‘building instructions’
• It is impossible to discount certain for a component of the virus,
risks, but, in Germany, vaccines known as the spike protein.
are generally only ever approved The spike proteins created after
if they meet our very strict safety vaccination are recognised by
standards and have undergone the immune system as foreign
extensive clinical trials. proteins, thereby activating
• AstraZeneca also underwent an specific defence cells.
additional trial after some cases of • Vector-based vaccines contain
rare cerebral venous thromboses pathogens – vectors – harmless
occurred soon after vaccination. to humans. A gene has been
But the benefits of the vaccine in integrated into these vectors,
combating COVID-19 continue to containing the blueprint for the
outweigh the risk of side effects, aforementioned spike protein.
which is why the vaccine was re- The advantage of these vaccines
approved. The risk of suffering harm is that they can be transported
from the illness is much higher. and stored at between 2 and 8
degrees Celsius.Page 6 of 6
How were the vaccines able
to be developed so quickly?
• Researchers already know a lot about SARS-CoV-2 from similar viruses.
• This meant a good basis for developing COVID-19 vaccines was able to be
laid relatively quickly.
• Plus, researchers worldwide were all simultaneously working on it, sharing
their latest results, and forwarding them directly to the testing authorities. Be-
fore this pandemic, there had never been such a global scientific co-operation.
• But don’t worry: No trial stages were omitted. It was a case of co-operations
being more intensive in general, and multiple trial stages being conducted
simultaneously.
• The approved COVID-19 vaccines showed good tolerance and effectiveness in
pre-approval clinical studies.
How effective are the COVID-19 Can mRNA vaccines
vaccines? modify our genes?
• Based on current information, • mRNA vaccines cannot be
the vaccines are highly effective. converted into DNA, and thus
• The probability of contracting have no effect on our genes.
COVID-19, was around 94-95 per While DNA and mRNA sound
cent (BioNTech/Moderna) and similar, they are two very
up to 70 per cent (AstraZeneca) different things.
lower in vaccinated people than • When you receive an mRNA
in participants injected with a vaccine, your body reacts by
placebo. Johnson & Johnson has creating proteins, to which your
an efficacy of approx. 65 per cent. immune system in turn responds
• How long immunity lasts is not by building antibodies, which then
yet known. protect you from the actual virus.
Do COVID-19 vaccines affect fertility?
• Extensive pre-approval trials did not find any evidence to suggest the vaccines would
cause male or female infertility.Imprint:
Federal Ministry of Health
Public Relations Department, Publications | 11055 Berlin
www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de
Saxon State Ministry for Social Affairs and Social Cohesion
Albertstraße 10, 01097 Dresden
Email: oeffentlichkeitsarbeit@sms.sachsen.de
www.sms.sachsen.de
www.coronavirus.sachsen.de
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