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- The first mass vaccinations in Switzerland, which are carried out in a vaccination center, begin on Monday afternoon at a fair pavilion in Basel.
- The vaccination center was opened by Federal Councilor Alain Berset and Basel Health Director Lukas Engelberger.
- The first 4,900 vaccination appointments up to the first two weeks of January are already booked.
Basel health director Lukas Engelberger (CVP) spoke of a milestone in the media event for the opening of the center. “Vaccination will help us overcome the pandemic,” Engelberger said. “It is important that we can close the 2020 crisis on a positive note with this opening.”
Vaccination will help us overcome the pandemic.
At the Basel vaccination center, 1,900 people from Basel will be vaccinated before the end of the year. These are people over 65 who registered on an Internet platform before Christmas. In the first two weeks of January, another 3,000 people who want to be vaccinated will join.
According to Engelberger, vaccination appointments were booked very quickly. «The rush is enormous. Currently, the demand for vaccination appointments far exceeds the supply, ”says the Basel health director happily.
Engelberger and Federal Councilor Alain Berset stressed that the fight against the virus was far from over with the start of the vaccination campaign. “Vaccination is not a miracle cure, since it is all over,” Berset warned. In the coming weeks, measures like keeping your distance, wearing masks, washing your hands are still to be observed. You should not be negligent now. “Vaccination gives us a new perspective. But it still takes time. “
Berset also said he would get vaccinated as soon as possible. To the speech of the skeptics of vaccination, the Minister of Health said: “Vaccination is an act of solidarity.”
After a press conference and a guided visit to the media, the first people who want to be vaccinated in Basel will receive their injections on Monday afternoon starting at 1:00 p.m. The largest vaccination campaign Switzerland has ever seen is now starting at the main vaccination centers as well.
