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Status: 07.12.2020 1:49 pm
All Covid vaccination centers in Lower Saxony should be ready by December 15. According to Health Minister Reimann, 50 central locations are now planned instead of the initially planned 60.
Originally, one vaccination center was planned for every 150,000 inhabitants. In the state capital, Hannover, for example, the decision was made to establish a single central hub instead of three. So far, 37 locations have received the so-called deployment orders for the country’s construction, Carola Reimann (SPD) said Monday at the crisis team’s weekly press conference. For the rest, this will be until now in the next few days at the latest. The competence center is still examining the concepts of some disaster control agencies and working on them if necessary.
DHL will store and transport the vaccines
The country contracted with transportation service provider DHL to deliver supplies and vaccines. The contract had just been signed, Reimann said. DHL can transport vaccines at very low and less cold temperatures. The serum of the manufacturer Biontech from Mainz has to be stored at minus 70 degrees, that of the American company Moderna is not so sensitive. Therefore, the distribution must take place from two central warehouses: one in Hesse and one in the Netherlands. Talks are currently taking place on managing appointments at the centers, the minister said. Vaccinations are expected to start around the turn of the year: “I really hope so,” Reimann said.
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