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The first residents of Basel were allowed to register for vaccination on Monday morning; everything was booked in a few hours.
At the Basel fairgrounds, the first people will be vaccinated against Covid-19 from December 28.
Photo: Georgios Kefalas (Keystone)
If you want to get vaccinated against Covid-19 in Basel-Stadt from December 28, you must reserve a time slot. In the first phase, people over 65 years old resident in the canton are admitted. A few hours after opening the booking window on the internet, all the appointments were already taken, as reported on the website. Those who wanted to get vaccinated were asked to try again in 24 hours.
Starting on December 28, the first vaccinations with the Pfizer Biotech vaccine will take place at the Basel city vaccination center at the Basel Exhibition Center, the Basel health department announced on Monday. Because the canton only has a limited amount of the vaccine available, it is necessary to prioritize those who want to be vaccinated.
In the first phase, it is the turn of the people over 65 as well as the residents of nursing homes. Therefore, the canton is following the recommendations of the Federal Vaccination Commission and the Federal Office of Public Health.
Mobile equipment im Heim
Vaccines wishing to have to book an appointment, spontaneous vaccinations without prior notification are not possible, they say. The operation of the vaccination center was in the hands of the Basel company Meconex AG, which has a lot of experience in vaccination campaigns of this magnitude.
Nursing home residents are vaccinated by mobile teams. Since homes still have to make preliminary clarifications with neighbors, their general practitioners and their assistants, it will take a little longer before the first vaccinations can be carried out, according to the notification from the health department.
Registration can be done on the website www.coronaimpfzentrumbasel.ch or through the information line 0800555655.
