German pilot draws a giant syringe in the sky

To celebrate the launch of the Covid-19 vaccine in Europe, a young German pilot has taken to the skies to encourage people to receive the jab.

Samy Kramer pulled out a giant syringe on its flight path over Lake Constance in southern Germany.

The 20-year-old said Reuters He hoped the image, which was picked up on the aviation tracking site FlightRader24, would encourage skeptics to get vaccinated.

“There are still relatively many people who are opposed to vaccination and my action can be a reminder to think about it, to get things moving.”

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Medical workers, nursing home residents and politicians have started getting vaccinated against the coronavirus across the European Union.

It is part of an effort by the 27 nations of the bloc to launch shots in a coordinated and equitable manner.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen calls it “a moving moment of unity” in the battle to protect the bloc’s nearly 450 million people from the worst public health crisis in a century.

Kramer’s flight path sketch hasn’t been in the only Covid-related drawing in the skies this year.

In March, a small plane wrote “stay home” on its flight path over Austria.

Flightradar24 captured it with the caption: “A pilot has sent this message to the world.”

Then in April, Icelandair honored the country’s healthcare workers with a special heart-shaped flight path over the capital Reykjavik.

In May a more “direct” message about Maryland, USA appeared: “F … Covid-19”.

Pilots have long been writing messages or drawing, sometimes rudely, in the sky in their flight plans.

– Things with AP