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After the first vaccinations in Saxony-Anhalt, coronavirus vaccinations across the country began today. Three very old women in a Berlin nursing home received their first injections that morning.
In Germany, vaccines against the corona virus have officially started. In the morning in Berlin, a 101-year-old man received an injection with the Biontech and Pfizer vaccine in the presence of Health Senator Dilek Kalayci (SPD) in a nursing home. Two other very old women were also vaccinated at the nursing home. Police vans were placed in front of the facilities.
Kalayci was relieved that the shots had started well. It is the sign that it is never too late to vaccinate. For older people in particular, vaccines could prevent serious illness and suffering.
Other countries are also starting
In other federal states, vaccinations were carried out in the morning. In Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, a 95-year-old man was the first to receive the injection in a care center for the elderly. In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, vaccinations began in a health center in Güstrow.
In Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, three mobile vaccination teams started vaccinating the residents of a municipal nursing home shortly before 9 am Approximately 120 seniors and around 60 employees wanted to be vaccinated.
In Berlin, employees of nursing homes must be vaccinated in parallel. The largest of Berlin’s six vaccination centers, with 80 vaccination booths, will go into operation on Sunday afternoon. He settled in the Treptow concert hall, where concerts and other events often take place.
Spahn surprised by yesterday’s vaccination
The vaccine had gradually reached the federal states on Saturday. The Harz district did not want to wait: a person older than 101 years was vaccinated in a nursing home in Halberstadt in Saxony-Anhalt that night. Subsequently, other residents and nursing staff of the home received doses of vaccination.
Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn (CDU) was surprised by this early start of vaccination. Spahn’s spokesman told “Bild am Sonntag” that the minister is happy with the vaccinated elderly woman and wishes her well: “However, we had agreed with all the EU partner countries and with the 16 federal states to hand over to all the Saturday and together with them from Sunday to start the vaccines. “
Spahn was optimistic about starting vaccination across the country to control the corona pandemic. “The start of vaccination today gives hope and confidence,” wrote the CDU politician on Twitter.
Seehofer: There are no special rights for vaccinated people.
According to Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU), anyone who has been vaccinated against the corona virus should not enjoy any special rights. “As important as vaccination is for all of us: there is no special treatment for vaccinated people,” he told “Bild am Sonntag.” A distinction between vaccinated and unvaccinated amounts to a vaccination requirement, and he is against compulsion, Seehofer emphasized.
Seehofer also rejected special rights from companies such as airlines and concert promoters. “I can only warn against that,” he told the “BamS”. The special treatment for vaccinated people divides society. “The privilege of one is the disadvantage of the other.”
The nationwide vaccination campaign in Germany begins in nursing homes and senior centers that are visited by mobile vaccination teams. Federal states and local authorities decide who gets vaccinated first. More and more cans will be delivered in the coming days and weeks.
