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Hamburg (dpa / lno) - Hamburg's Mayor Peter Tschentscher believes it is by no means certain that all those willing to vaccinate in Germany can receive a corona vaccination by the end of summer.
"So that we can keep this promise by the federal government by the end of September, we have to pull out all the stops," said the SPD politician on Monday after consultations between the heads of state and federal government with representatives of the EU and the vaccine manufacturers.
It was therefore important that all those involved exchanged their options and expectations during the conversation.
But it is also clear: "The next few weeks will be very, very tight," said Tschentscher, referring to the vaccine.
The manufacturers had pointed out "in great detail" the "imponderables and risks" associated with vaccine production.
“The good news: Manufacturers are planning to significantly increase vaccine production.
The bad news: In the coming weeks - so now in February, March - this will not have any effect, »said Tschentscher.
The deliveries that have already been announced are "by no means certain".
"The promise of the federal government (...) is based, if I may say this cautiously, on very uncertain assumptions."
Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) had set the goal of vaccinating all those willing to vaccinate by the end of summer.
The difficulties in making appointments in the Hamburg vaccination center took a back seat to the vaccine problem, said Tschentscher.
“The allocation of appointments is currently an organizational problem, but it is not the core of the shortage.
That's the vaccine. "
According to the health authority, only a good half of the originally planned 33,500 new appointments in the vaccination center in the exhibition halls could be assigned on Monday.
The system was obviously overloaded again.
The remaining dates would now be assigned on Tuesday, said a spokesman.
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