(Fighting against new crown pneumonia) Germany officially launches new crown vaccination
China News Agency, Berlin, December 27th (Reporter Peng Dawei) On the 27th, Germany and EU countries launched the new crown vaccination together.
On the same day, vaccination centers in the capital Berlin and all states across the country initiated vaccination for the first group of people.
German Interior Minister Seehofer called for consideration of extending the current "hard lockdown" measures beyond January 10 next year, and even considering additional epidemic prevention measures under certain conditions to avoid the third wave of outbreaks.
On the morning of the 27th, 101-year-old Gertrude Haze received the city’s first dose of the new crown vaccine in a nursing home in the Stiglitz district of southern Berlin.
The day before, another 101-year-old Edit Kvoiza in Sa’an State became the first person in Germany to receive the new crown vaccine.
However, the German Minister of Health Spand expressed dissatisfaction with the "snap-off" practice of Saanzhou.
He emphasized that the European Union countries and the 16 German states have reached an agreement before that, the vaccine will be distributed on the 26th and the vaccination will be officially launched on the 27th.
The first batch of people in Germany who were given the opportunity to receive vaccination included nursing home residents and staff, elderly people over 80, and frontline medical staff.
The German Federal Government stated that it plans to distribute 1.3 million doses of vaccine by the end of this year, and starting from 2021, it plans to distribute 670,000 doses of vaccine every week.
In the first quarter of next year, Germany is expected to distribute 11 to 13 million doses of vaccine; next year, it plans to obtain more than 85 million doses of vaccine from BioNTech.
If all candidate vaccines that are still in the final testing stage are approved, Germany will receive a total of 300 million doses of vaccine next year.
German politicians generally welcomed the start of vaccination.
Spun said that the vaccine will pave the way for people to get out of the new crown epidemic.
The Governor of Baden-Württemberg State Kreichman said that the vaccine is a milestone in the fight against the epidemic and the key to people returning to the normal life they hope for.
However, German Interior Minister Seehofer told the "Sunday Bild" that day that people who have been vaccinated should not enjoy "special treatment."
He emphasized that Germany will strengthen its control over the movement of people across borders in the next few weeks. From the beginning of next year, the Federal Police will put the quarantine and testing of people entering high-risk areas at the "highest priority" for supervision.
He believes that even if the number of newly diagnosed new crown cases declines in the next few days, the current "hard lockdown" measures should still be extended beyond January 10 next year, otherwise the results of epidemic prevention may be destroyed.
And if the number of new confirmed cases continues to rise, Seehofer believes that epidemic prevention measures should be further tightened.
He emphasized that every effort must be made to avoid the third wave of outbreaks.
According to German "Times Online" data, as of 16:00 local time on the 27th, Germany had a total of 1,655,730 diagnosed, 1,336,553 cured, and 30,518 deaths.
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