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Schwerin (dpa / mv) - Fully vaccinated people no longer have to present a negative test to the hairdresser in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania from May 1st.

This also applies to other areas with mandatory testing, such as the outdoor areas of the zoos or the hardware stores, announced Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig (SPD) on Monday after the federal-state vaccination summit and a subsequent vaccination summit in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

This is a small step towards more normalcy, said the head of government.

According to the State Office for Health and Social Affairs (Lagus), 6.55 percent of people in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania currently have full Covid vaccination protection after two injections.

You could no longer infect other people, said Schwesig.

From May, priority group three in MV should also be entitled to receive a corona vaccination.

These vaccinations are to be given primarily through the 1,700 medical practices in the country, said Schwesig.

In this way, the overloaded central scheduling of appointments in the country is to be spared.

In the communal vaccination centers, the upcoming second vaccinations are to be given priority in May.

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Priority group three includes people aged 60 and over, food retailers, police officers, firefighters, and government and administrative employees. Also chronically ill, such as rheumatics, asthmatics, diabetics, as well as obese people with a body mass index of over 30 are included.

Schwesig expects the delivery of 310,000 vaccine doses for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in May and 582,000 in June. But that is not enough to immediately offer vaccinations to all people in priority group three, the head of government dampened expectations. "It's a very large group." From this group, the teachers of the secondary schools had already been preferred. The Ludwigslust-Parchim district says it has already completed the initial vaccination of teachers and educators. There, 781 teachers from high schools and regional schools were vaccinated over the weekend.

The country has caught up in vaccination in the past few days, among other things by free vaccination days without an appointment in the country comparison.

By Monday, 24.1 percent of the population had been vaccinated for the first time.

That was sixth in a comparison of the federal states.

Of the 53,000 doses of Astrazeneca vaccine that were piled up in the refrigerators, 13,000 are now left with family doctors, Schwesig said.

In order to work off the mountain completely, the state had released Astrazeneca for everyone over the age of 18.

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