One minute late, the doors to Hall 1.2 of the Frankfurt Trade Fair will open at 12:01 p.m.

There is a small present for the first person to enter the building.

More than the small gift, she is happy about the fact that she can keep her appointment for the second vaccination.

Since Saturday evening there has been no vaccination under the dome of the festival hall, but since Tuesday in the neighboring exhibition hall.

But the rush is still great.

"We have a breathing system here," says Peter Tinnemann, head of the Frankfurt health department.

“The capacities are reduced, but we can expand or even reduce them if necessary.” 100 employees were employed in the festival hall, 70 in the exhibition hall. That is enough to carry out between 500 and 1000 vaccinations per day, he says Head of the vaccination center, Benedikt Hart.

According to his information, the vaccinations administered by the mobile teams must also be included in the daily statistics.

The teams are also logistically connected to the vaccination center.

In the meantime, the dismantling work in the festival hall is in full swing.

Where thousands were vaccinated just a few days ago, Roland Kaiser is scheduled to perform on Friday.

No shortage of people willing to vaccinate

In the neighboring exhibition hall, everything is going back to normal in the new surroundings.

“There are still some who are not vaccinated.

We still have something to do, ”says Hart.

There is currently no shortage of people willing to vaccinate, according to the head of the vaccination center.

In the past few weeks, the doctors at the center have administered up to 1,000 vaccinations a day, adds Tinnemann.

He also expects a similar demand in the new vaccination center.

On Tuesday, a queue had formed in front of the exhibition hall long before the official opening.

"I hope this run will last a little longer," says Hart.

The center is open daily from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m.

“Frankfurter like to sleep,” says Tinnemann.

It is planned that the vaccination center will remain in the exhibition hall until March 2022.

Funding is to be shared between the federal and state levels.