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Berlin (dpa) - According to Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn, over twelve percent of people in Germany have been vaccinated against the corona virus at least once.
That is more than ten million citizens, tweeted the CDU politician.
4.3 million people have already received the second vaccination.
According to the Robert Koch Institute and the Ministry of Health, around 217,000 doses were vaccinated on Friday alone.
So far, according to Spahn, nearly 10.7 million doses of the Pfizer / Biontech vaccine have been administered, 0.7 million doses of Moderna and 2.9 million doses of Astrazeneca.
The General Practitioner Association advises that after the widespread start of corona vaccinations in practices, the prioritization of vaccinations with increasing delivery quantities of vaccine takes a back seat.
In the week after Easter, around 35,000 general practitioners start vaccinations against the coronavirus on a broad front.
"The prioritization was and is a good guideline for the doctors as long as the vaccine is still available in small quantities," said association boss Ulrich Weigeldt of the Düsseldorf "Rheinische Post".
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"However, we will soon no longer have to focus so much on numbers, but increasingly on people's health," added Weigeldt.
"A man of 69 years with hypertension and diabetes might be more likely to get the vaccination than a 72-year-old triathlete."
If the amount of vaccine has exceeded a certain level, the priority must be "to vaccinate the approved vaccine as quickly as possible to everyone who can and wants to."
Patient advocates object to this: “The ethically established sequence continues to apply to the vaccination offer by family doctors.
A move away will not be possible in April because vaccines are still in short supply, "said the chairman of the German Foundation for Patient Protection, Eugen Brysch.
In North Rhine-Westphalia, the rush for vaccination appointments for Astrazeneca for those over 60 years old already led to overloaded lines on the phone and on the Internet early on Saturday morning.
While many chose to have their fingers sore in vain, the first successful appointment hunters got their vaccinations on the same day.
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In order to break the third wave of corona, it is currently being considered whether and how the federal government should make uniform guidelines for containing corona if the federal states' actions are not sufficient, said a government spokesman for the dpa.
"The federal states have the entire set of instruments at their disposal, and we are observing that additional measures are now being implemented in many countries," it said.
The editorial network Germany had previously reported.
The health authorities in Germany reported 18,129 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within one day.
In addition, 120 new deaths were recorded within 24 hours.
That comes from the numbers of the RKI from Saturday.
Exactly one week ago, the RKI had recorded 20,472 new infections and 157 new deaths within one day.
According to the RKI, the number of new infections reported within seven days per 100,000 inhabitants (seven-day incidence) was 131.4 nationwide on Saturday morning - and thus slightly lower than the previous day (134.0).
The RKI points out that fewer tests are usually made and reported on the Easter holidays.
In addition, it could be that not all health authorities and responsible state authorities transmit figures to the RKI every day.
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