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In Vienna, Lower and Upper Austria, vaccination will start next Sunday with the joint EU launch of corona vaccines. The state of Tirol expects the first of two vaccinations needed for high-risk people in late December. In the other five federal states, the first administrations of the vaccine by Biontech and Pfizer should take place in the first half of January. That was the result of an APA broadcast.
AUSTRIA. In Vienna The first vaccination will be administered on December 27 in a nursing home and in the Covid ward of the Favoriten Clinic, as confirmed on Tuesday by the Councilor for Health of the City Council Peter Hacker (SPÖ) in the morning newspaper Ö1.
In Lower Austria Vaccinations will begin on Sunday, one day earlier than originally scheduled. First of all, vaccines must be administered in nursing homes and clinics.
In Upperösterreich be Prior to the scheduled official start of vaccination on January 12, residents and employees of the Sierning district nursing home and old age home were vaccinated. Also in the first week of the new year, some people in select hometowns should receive their first dose of vaccination. In the first phase, starting on January 12, residents and employees of nursing homes and nursing homes will be vaccinated in all areas by doctors and hospital staff.
Residents and employees of the Sierning District Nursing Home and Nursing Home are vaccinated
In Tirol vaccination could also start earlier. It should be at the end of December, and not just in January, when the first doses against the coronavirus will be administered, the state said at the request of the APA. It is assumed that “the first doses of vaccination will be distributed to all federal states at the same time.”
In Vorarlberg Vaccinations will begin in the first fortnight of January. Confirmed state health councilor Martina Rüscher (ÖVP) on Tuesday at a press conference. An earlier start of vaccination does not make sense due to the small amount of vaccine available until then, Rüscher said. Rüscher hopes that at least two-thirds of the population of Vorarlberg will take advantage of the vaccination offer. He wants to inform the public with the greatest possible transparency about vaccination and promote it, he said.
In Carinthia The first vaccines are expected to begin on January 12. Health official Beate Prettner (SPÖ) stated that the first delivery will contain 7,000 doses of vaccination. After that, deliveries are made continuously. It begins with vaccination in the elderly and nursing homes.
At Steiermark The first coronavirus vaccines are expected to begin in homes for the elderly and elderly around January 12, Styrian vaccination coordinator Michael Koren said early Tuesday in an APA conversation. A first tranche, which should be delivered at the end of December, will contain around 35,000 doses of vaccine.
the Burgenland It will likely begin the first coronavirus vaccines in January. A first tranche with about 5,800 doses of vaccines is planned, the country’s coronavirus coordination staff said. First of all, people in the risk group should get vaccinated.
In Salzburg According to the APA, vaccination is also expected to begin in January. It has not yet been determined when exactly the vaccines will begin. One is in the middle of preparations, talks with the federal government are still ongoing, the state said.
230,000 doses of vaccine in the first four weeks
In the first delivery, 10,000 doses of the vaccine will arrive in this country shortly after Christmas. “BioNTech will deliver a total of 1 million cans in the first quarter, including around 230,000 in the first four weeks,” Health Minister Rudi Anschober (Greens) said on Monday. First, residents of nursing homes, those in need of care and health personnel will be vaccinated.
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