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Düsseldorf (dpa / lnw) - According to the state government, the first delivery of the corona vaccine from Biontech arrived in North Rhine-Westphalia on Saturday morning.
Prime Minister Armin Laschet (CDU) emphasized: “This is an important moment of confidence.
With the delivery of the first corona vaccine, there is hope for a normal life as we knew it before the virus. "
First, 9750 vaccine doses came to the most populous federal state.
According to the State Chancellery, they were transported from a vaccine factory in Belgium and taken to a secret central warehouse in the country.
The vaccine is an important component in the fight against the pandemic, said the head of government.
It takes patience until we really have left the corona virus behind us. "
Laschet and NRW Health Minister Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU) also want to comment on the course of the first vaccinations on Saturday morning.
According to previous information, 180 vaccine doses will be delivered from the central warehouse to all 53 districts and urban districts on Sunday in order to vaccinate the first residents and employees of inpatient care facilities by mobile teams.
The vaccine filled in bottles must be stored at minus 70 degrees.
The group of residents and employees of care facilities who are to be vaccinated first comprises up to 350,000 people in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Next, people over the age of 80 should have the opportunity to get vaccinated.
In the next few days up to the end of the year, according to previous information, a further 273,000 cans will come, from January onwards, 141,375 cans a week.
Laumann hopes that immunization in the nursing homes will be largely completed by the end of February.
"Then a lot would have been won on the Covid front," he said on Wednesday.