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Mainz (dpa / lrs) - The Rhineland-Palatinate Interior Minister Roger Lewentz (SPD) rejects vaccinations for police officers with residual stocks from Corona vaccination centers.
Vaccination according to the principle of chance would not be an advantage for the police, he said on Tuesday in the radio program "SWR Aktuell".
"There are a handful of cans left here, are there any policemen who just come by for a vaccination?"
- it couldn't work like that, emphasized Lewentz.
A very good arrangement had been made with the main staff council of the police, according to which the police medical service would vaccinate the officers quickly, nationwide and with the appropriate insurance coverage.
The German Police Union (DPolG) Rhineland-Palatinate had previously criticized the fact that the Interior Ministry had rejected an offer from the vaccination center in Polch to the police in Mayen in the Mayen-Koblenz district to be given any leftover vaccine doses.
State chairman Thomas Meyer emphasized: “Every single colleague is important.
The earlier we start, the better. "
According to the DPolG, the police's own vaccination strategy in Rhineland-Palatinate does not start with vaccinations for police officers until the end of March.
The vaccine doses left over in every state vaccination center would have to be destroyed on the same day without being administered.
"It is estimated that there are 200 vaccination doses with which the fire brigade or the technical relief organization (THW), among others, can be vaccinated spontaneously and flexibly," added the union.