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A woman higher 101 years, living in a nursing home for the elderly, it is prhyme in Germany vaccinated against the new type of coronavirus, one day before the official start of the vaccination campaign in that country, reports dpa and EFE, cited by Agerpres.
At the Krueger House in Halberstadt, Edith Kwoizalla, at the age of 101 years, Is the first in Germany to receive the vaccine produced by the German company BioNTech in collaboration with the US company Pfizer.
According to witnesses at the event, Edith Kwoizalla received the vaccine calmly and even smiling from behind the protective mask she was wearing.
A total of 40 residents and 10 staff members of this home were vaccinated.
The vaccination campaign will officially begin on Sunday in Germany, when the country will join several other EU member states in starting to administer doses of the vaccine.
Tens of thousands of doses of the vaccine were delivered to German states on Saturday.
People over 80 years of age, as well as employees of the medical and care system, will be immunized first, considering themselves more exposed.
The European Commission approved this Monday the use of the COVID-19 vaccine jointly developed by the American company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech, as this is the last step to allow Europe to start vaccinations.
Editing: Monica Bonea
