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Berlin (dpa) - According to Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn, the corona vaccine from the US manufacturer Moderna is to be delivered to a central point in Germany this Monday and to the federal states on Tuesday.
Then the vaccination centers could begin to vaccinate this preparation, said the CDU politician in the ZDF «morning magazine».
But there will be no choice as to whether you want to get this vaccine or that from Biontech / Pfizer.
The amount is too small for that.
He expects two million cans of Moderna for Germany by the end of the quarter, and 50 million cans over the course of the year.
Spahn again emphasized that vaccination accelerates with the opening of the vaccination centers, albeit under conditions of scarcity.
If there is enough vaccine available, family doctors could also give vaccinations.
That will happen in the course of the year, but you need "a lot of vaccine"
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Doctors in private practice are prepared for this.
Andreas Gassen, the head of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, told the news portal "The Pioneer": "As soon as sufficient
vaccine is available, which does not have to be so extremely refrigerated
, the practices can
start
vaccinating against Corona
immediately."
The practices are set
to vaccinate
a
large group of patients
quickly
.
Gassen referred to the recent influenza vaccination.
Within a few weeks, more than 20 million people in Germany
had been vaccinated against flu in practices.
The chairman of the Standing Vaccination Commission, Thomas Mertens, said in the ZDF “Morgenmagazin” that he would be even more satisfied if the vaccination went faster.
But he expected the start roughly like this.
It seems impossible to him to start such a large vaccination campaign much faster.
Now it is important to vaccinate the group of people at high risk for diseases as quickly as possible.
That is around eight million people.
That can be done within a few weeks.
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