WELT:

Mr. Gassen, according to your calculations, a first vaccination could be completed as early as the first half of June and the extensive immunization of the adult population at the beginning of August.

Why do the practices not yet play a major role?

Andreas Gassen:

In the deliberations of the Chancellor and large parts of the government, the public health service and the vaccination centers played a major role, the practices were mostly only mentioned in passing and included in the planning.

But just think about the flu: vaccination is day-to-day business for general practitioners.

So far, however, the vaccine has been rare and the logistics difficult, so the unfamiliar route to the vaccination centers has been taken.

WORLD:

It shouldn't start until the end of March or the beginning of April.