A German pilot had a bit of fun during a recent flight in honor of the start of a coronavirus vaccination campaign in Europe on Sunday.
Sammy Kramer, 20, figured out the route he needed to take to find a 70-kilometer-long syringe in the sky. Using the Diamond DA-20 Katana, he flew 2,000 feet in the air near Lake Constance in southern Germany to remind people of the beginning of the COVID-19 expedition.
“Still relatively many people oppose vaccinations and my action may be a reminder to them to think about this topic, to move things forward,” Kramer told Reuters TV on Sunday.
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He said his flight should be considered a direct attempt to inoculate, but considered it a “sign of joy” as the aviation industry has been hit hard by the epidemic. “
The syringe-shaped path is shown on the internet site Flightrad 24.
In Germany, a pilot found a large syringe in the air.
(FlightRader 24)
The European Union launched its COVID-19 vaccination campaign on Sunday.
The group of 27 nations aimed to deliver an integrated message that the shots are safe and Europe’s best chance of an epidemic.
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, says the vaccine, which was developed at the time, was a “game-changer.”
“We know today that the epidemic is not over, but it is the beginning of a victory,” he said.
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The vaccine, developed by German bioentech and American drugmaker Pfizer, began arriving in EU hospitals in super-cold containers on Friday from a Belgian factory. Each country received only a few doses of the required parts – less than 10,000 in the first batch for some countries – with a large rollout likely to occur when more vaccines become available in January. All of those shots on Sunday are set to return for a second dose in three weeks.
The Associated Press contributes to this report.
