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A rapid test center at Munich airport in early November.
Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom are making plans to start vaccination from next month. At the same time, the UN agency for children, UNICEF, is working on a giant project to send the vaccine to poor countries.
In the US, 20-30 million people are expected to be vaccinated per month, starting December 11-12, if all goes according to plan.
A similar timetable is being drawn up in Germany, says Health Minister Jens Spahn.
– There are reasons to be optimistic that there will be an approval for a vaccine in Europe this year. And then we can get started right away, he tells Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland.
He has asked the states to have their vaccination centers ready by mid-December, and estimates that the 300 million doses insured by the country will be enough and will run out.
In the UK, the Pfizer vaccine is expected to be approved by the end of the week. Thereafter, the elderly and caregivers can begin vaccination in December, followed by other adults in January, according to The Telegraph. In April, all adults in the country can be vaccinated, according to the draft vaccination program.
On the other hand, the UN agency Unicef has also outlined plans to send vaccines to developing countries. UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) are working with 350 airlines and freighters to deliver nearly two billion doses and syringes to countries like Burundi, Afghanistan and Yemen next year.
“This invaluable collaboration will go a long way toward ensuring that there is sufficient transportation capacity for this gigantic historic operation,” Etleva Kadilli, director of Unicef’s delivery organization, said in a statement.
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