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Spahn wonders about early start of vaccination on Saturday
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101-year-old children in Saxony-Anhalt already vaccinated
In Halberstadt, in Saxony-Anhalt, vaccinations started one day before the official start. At a senior center, Edith Kwoizalla, 101, and 40 other residents after her were vaccinated against the corona virus.
The first regular vaccines against Sars-CoV-2 have started in Germany. It all started with a 101-year-old woman in a senior center. Health Minister Spahn was irritated by the early start of vaccination.
rehe largest vaccination campaign to date in Germany started earlier than planned. At a senior center in Halberstadt in Saxony-Anhalt, 101-year-old Edith Kwoizalla and after her 40 other residents were vaccinated against the corona virus on Saturday. Ten nurses were also vaccinated.
In reality, the start of the nationwide vaccination campaign was only scheduled for Sunday. The operator of the retirement home, Tobias Krüger, obviously didn’t want to waste time. “Every day we wait is one day too many,” he said. The district office had previously asked if everything was ready at home.
Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn was surprised by the vaccines in Halberstadt. The minister is happy about the first corona vaccine in Germany, said his “Bild am Sonntag” spokesman. “However, we had agreed with all the EU partner countries and with the 16 federal states to deliver everyone on Saturday and start vaccinations together from Sunday.”
Vaccines should begin Sunday in all federal states, several tens of thousands of doses of vaccines were delivered on Saturday. They are distributed to vaccination centers and mobile teams by the responsible state authorities. First, people over 80 years of age should be vaccinated, as well as nurses and hospital staff who are at special risk.
Two-thirds of residents get vaccinated
At the Halberstadt senior center in the Harz Mountains, two-thirds of the 59 residents opted for the vaccination and a quarter of the 40 employees. The local administrator Krüger was also among them. He thinks vaccination makes sense. “But I also understand the concerns.” On January 15, that is, in just under three weeks, residents will receive the second vaccine. Only then will the full effect of the vaccine from Mainz-based Biontech and its US partner Pfizer be guaranteed.
Under the slogan “Sleeves up”, the federal government specifically promotes participation in the vaccination campaign. To stop the pandemic, experts estimate that around 60 to 70 percent of the German population would have to be vaccinated. “We want to vaccinate so many people that the virus no longer has a chance, in Germany and in Europe,” said Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU). Every more vaccination means fewer infections and fewer deaths. “If you participate, you save lives.”
1.3 million doses of vaccine will be delivered before the end of the year. By the end of March it should exceed ten million. And by the middle of the year, Spahn wants to be able to make an offer to everyone who wants to get vaccinated. The Minister of Health also prepared the population for the fact that, given the magnitude of the campaign, things might not go well immediately. “It will shake at one point or another, that’s completely normal.”
