In the waiting room and on the patio at the health center at Kroksbäck in Malmö are patients who will receive or have received a vaccine injection against covid-19.
- At first I was hesitant.
I joked and said that I was scared but since then I have met lots of people who have been vaccinated and they are fine so that's why I came, says Omar El-Ali who works with sanitation at Malmö University.
He has received his first injection and thinks it will be nice to be able to work and travel without being afraid of getting sick.
Anxiety and fear
- Many are worried.
There is a lot of information that is not based on facts, so there are many questions and thoughts before you agree to be vaccinated, says Anna Krämer, operations manager.
To date, 67 percent of those listed at Koksbäck's health center have been vaccinated.
The goal is 80 percent.
- We have a bit left to the goal and we try in different ways to reach our patients, says Anna Krämer.
She says that those who do not have a telephone receive a letter and those who are undocumented try to reach the staff via relatives who come to the health center.
- It's a lot about ignorance.
In some countries, vaccination is not known.
We take our time and try to explain as factually as possible in order to reach our patients, says Anna Krämer.
Big differences in Malmö
The national goal is for 80 percent of those over the age of 65 to have received a first vaccine dose by mid-May.
In Region Skåne, the goal has been achieved in several places, but there are areas where the willingness to vaccinate has so far been very low.
At Rosengård, only 40 percent of those between the ages of 60 and 69 have been vaccinated so far.
In Fosie, Nydala and Heleneholm just under 50 percent.