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Magdeburg (dpa / sa) - Saxony-Anhalt's Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff (CDU) has welcomed the imminent use of general practitioners for vaccination as an “important step”, as decided by the federal and state governments.
"Together with the larger vaccine deliveries expected in April, this is an important component in the containment of the corona and a signal for hope and new courage," said Haseloff on Friday evening in a statement on Twitter.
Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and the Prime Ministers had previously decided in a telephone switch that general practitioners in Germany should routinely start vaccinations against the corona virus immediately after Easter.
There is, however, a possibility for countries to declare by March 22nd that they will not participate.
Because of the initially small quantities of vaccine available, vaccination in general practitioners' practices will only start slowly.
The decision paper mentions about one vaccination appointment per week.
The federal states should also receive additional amounts of vaccine for particularly badly affected regions.
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