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Erfurt (dpa) - General practitioners in Thuringia can, according to the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KV), order vaccine for the corona vaccination in their practices from next Tuesday (March 30).

A spokeswoman for KV announced on Friday that the practices were informed of this in a letter.

The letter shows that doctors can order a maximum of 30 doses of vaccine per week from a pharmacy of their choice.

The agent is used by Biontech / Pfizer.

The first delivery of the vaccine is expected to arrive at the practices in the week after Easter - on April 6 or 7.

If there is not enough vaccine available, the existing one should be distributed so that all practices receive the same amount.

First of all, people of old age should be vaccinated - also when visiting the house.

The KV referred the practices to the fact that the vaccination sequence (prioritization) had to be adhered to.

After delivery, the practices have five days to use up the vaccine.

Vaccination appointments are made by the practices themselves, there is no central invitation.

Those willing to vaccinate do not have to turn to the often overloaded allocation hotline or the Thuringian online appointment portal.

There are only appointments for the vaccination centers and centers.

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According to KV, around 800 of the around 1500 general practitioners in Thuringia initially expressed an interest in the corona vaccination in their practices.

Health Minister Heike Werner (Linke) described this as an important step towards normalcy.

She is sure that “the family doctors will very responsibly continue the path they have started to vaccinate the risk groups first,” she said on Friday.

In contrast to nursing home residents, for example, those in need of care living at home were previously dependent on the vaccination centers, which was often problematic or impossible, especially for physically impaired people.

In Thuringia, 11.3 percent of people had received at least the first vaccination by Friday, while 5.2 percent of people had complete protection from the first and second vaccination.

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