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Perleberg / Potsdam (dpa / bb) - Brandenburg's Minister of Health Ursula Nonnemacher (Greens) has apologized for the bumpy start of the corona vaccinations.
«The hotline was launched on January 4th.
200,000 people called on the first day.
Under this load, the hotline collapsed, ”she told the newspaper“ Der Prignitzer ”and“ Potsdamer Neuesten Nachrichten ”(Saturday).
“I'm really sorry that so many old people dialed their sore fingers on the phone for days, from morning to evening.
You could hardly have gotten off to a worse start. "
Now all over 80-year-olds would gradually receive a letter with a special number, there would be online bookings and the municipalities would be more involved.
The consulting firm Kienbaum managed the vaccinations for the Ministry and the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians in January and February.
Nonnemacher defended the operation, which, according to the ministry, cost around 468,000 euros net.
"External support from the public administration is an appropriate measure for such a Herculean task," she said in the interviews.
In terms of the proportion of first-time vaccinations in the population, Brandenburg was last in last place in a country comparison.
Thereupon came criticism from SPD Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke at the ministry.
The government now wants to speed up the vaccinations.
The number of vaccine doses is expected to rise from around 65,000 to more than 80,000 in the next week.
The vaccination centers are also open on Saturdays.
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Interview Nonnemacher in the "Potsdamer Neuesten Nachrichten"