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Potsdam (dpa / bb) - Brandenburg's Minister of Health Ursula Nonnemacher (Greens) is sticking to the goal of increasing the number of vaccination centers - if there is enough vaccine.

"By the end of February there should be a vaccination center in every district and every urban district in order to provide citizens with a vaccination offer that is as close to home as possible - provided the vaccine is available," said Nonnemacher on Thursday in the state parliament in Potsdam.

She asked for understanding for fewer appointments.

"Our hotline could allocate a multiple number of vaccination appointments, but if I can't be sure that the vaccine will come, then I cannot be responsible for assigning first and second appointments."

So far, eleven vaccination centers are planned, nine are already open.

The opposition factions of the Left and the Free Voters failed, however, with applications for more vaccination centers - the majority in the state parliament voted against it.

Die Linke demanded at least one vaccination center per district and urban district, online appointments and the involvement of family doctors.

Left-wing politician Ronny Kretschmer criticized the fact that appointments can only be made over the telephone hotline 116 117 - but appointments were canceled due to vaccination delays.

"The people despair, are sometimes overwhelmed."

The SPD member Björn Lüttmann also considers it necessary that the “vaccination infrastructure must be further refined” and that general practitioners start vaccinating.

AfD parliamentary group vice-president Birgit Bessin said that the long-term effects of the vaccinations were not yet sufficiently known.

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Overview of vaccinations in Germany