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Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) has presented the vaccination ordinance, in which the sequence of vaccinations is determined.

"We will first offer protection to those who also need it in particular," said Spahn on Friday in Berlin.

The care facilities and the over 80s are expected to start on December 27th.

Every second death from or with Corona affects people over 80, stressed Spahn.

"Protecting the weakest is the first goal of our vaccination campaign," said Spahn.

This will take a month or two.

Only then can the offer be broadened.

"The winter will be long," warned the Minister of Health.

He also appealed to people not to insist on exemptions from the corona restrictions after vaccination.

Spahn: 11 to 13 million vaccine doses will be available

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In addition, Spahn called for patience.

"It is important to me that not everyone tries to get an appointment on the 27th or 28th." The vaccination ordinance will be adjusted if further vaccines are available.

The transition between vaccinations of different priority levels will be fluid.

According to Spahn, 11 to 13 million vaccine doses will be available in the first quarter.

Spahn also confirmed that the medical staff in the intensive care units also belong to the first priority group.

But in the first few days, vaccinations are first given in the care facilities.

Doctors in practices are in the third group.

Here he follows the recommendations of the Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko).

The Federal Minister of Health also responded to criticism that the prioritization of older people expressed a lack of appreciation for the nursing staff.

"Vaccination is not about appreciation, but first and foremost about health protection," emphasized Spahn.

People with dementia cannot protect themselves as well as doctors' offices.

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“I ask you to wait until it is your turn too.

We start first with the elderly, the very old, those who look after them, in order to protect precisely these particularly vulnerable people. "

According to the “Süddeutscher Zeitung”, the second group includes people over the age of 70, people with dementia, people with trisomy 21 and transplant patients, as well as residents of homeless or asylum seekers accommodation and close contact persons of those in need of care.

The third group includes people over 60, the chronically ill, people “in particularly relevant positions in state institutions”, as well as educators, teachers and employees in retail.