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Berlin (dpa / bb) - 101-year-old Gertrud Haase got the first injection against Corona in the capital - and continues to feel great.

Almost two weeks after the spade it was said on Thursday in the Steglitz nursing home: "Ms. Haase is doing great".

Everything went really smoothly, most of the home residents were vaccinated in the first round, said care manager Marlen Gamlin of the dpa.

"And Ms. Haase will definitely be 110."

Now the second vaccination is being prepared in the Agaplesion Bethanien Sophienhaus care home.

A diaconal spokesman emphasized that 94 percent of the home residents had decided to be vaccinated against the dangerous virus.

Ten employees have already been piked, they have been given leftover material from cans that have been opened.

The others would have to go to the vaccination center in the arena in Berlin-Treptow.

Nursing staff are vaccinated there.

Care manager Gamlin said about the mood in the Steglitz facility: "We now have a bit of relief and hope."

More and more employees are willing to be vaccinated.

In addition, according to a diaconal spokesman, the stricter corona rules apply: only one visitor, quick test, mask.

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Health Senator Dilek Kalayci (SPD) attended the first vaccinations on December 27th.

The vaccinations of the very old are a signal that it is never too late for this, she stressed.

In this way, serious illnesses, especially for older people, and a lot of suffering could be avoided.

According to the health administration, 15,272 nursing home residents in Berlin have already been vaccinated by mobile medical teams.

That is more than half of the approximately 29,000 people in nursing homes.

They belong to the first group because they are considered particularly at risk.

The senator expected vaccinations for nursing home residents to last until early February.