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Berlin (dpa) - Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's head of government Manuela Schwesig (SPD) has contradicted the assessment of Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU), according to which "on the whole nothing went wrong" when the EU ordered vaccines.
"If other countries can vaccinate faster than we can, everything has not gone right," Schwesig told the "Spiegel".
"It is a big problem that we cannot vaccinate the elderly faster."
Schwesig rejected hopes that the lockdown in the corona pandemic would be eased soon.
Only with an incidence of well below 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days could there be "larger openings".
But she is skeptical that this can be achieved across Germany by mid-February.
She therefore suggested proceeding regionally: "Where the numbers are low, you can relax earlier."
On Wednesday next week, Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and the Prime Minister want to decide whether the lockdown, which is initially limited to February 14, will be extended.
When asked whether a strategy from the federal and state governments would then also come to show the way out of the lockdown, Schwesig said: "We need this perspective plan with opening steps, and I hope that we will find an agreement on it next week."
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