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Mainz (dpa / lrs) - The corona vaccinations in Rhineland-Palatinate have started as planned and further vaccines have arrived.
1250 residents and employees in old people's homes were vaccinated at the start on Sunday, side effects or intolerances were not known, said the spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health, Stefanie Schneider, on Monday for the German Press Agency in Mainz.
State vaccination coordinator and State Secretary for Health Alexander Wilhelm (SPD) had confirmed that on Monday - as expected - another shipment of almost 25,000 vaccine doses had arrived.
Another 34,000 doses are expected on Wednesday.
In January, 34,000 vaccine doses are expected to arrive every week.
How many people should get the vaccine from Biontech / Pfizer on Monday, and how many of the 20 mobile vaccination teams of the German Red Cross were out in the nursing homes for it, was initially not certain.
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The willingness of employees in the nursing homes for the corona vaccinations has so far not been very high, Wilhelm told the SWR.
There must still be talks with the institutions in order to increase acceptance.
In contrast, the willingness of the residents of the home is “very high”.
The vaccinations in the care facilities should continue until January 1st.
Then it would be the turn of the employees in the hospitals.
He hoped that the 31 vaccination centers could start vaccinating by mid-January at the latest.
The deputy CDU state chairman Günther Schartz called on the state government to support the old people's and nursing homes with the vaccinations in terms of personnel and organization.
The chairman of the CDU state parliamentary group and top candidate for the state elections, Christian Baldauf, called on the public broadcasters to “quickly start a campaign to provide information on vaccinations”.
"ARD and ZDF have to do justice to their mandate in this difficult situation."
Information from the state government about Corona and vaccinations