Monday, February 01, 2021
Plan should show deliveries
Merkel: Vaccination offer until the end of summer
Recently there has often been a lack of clarity about how many vaccine doses Germany will receive and when. A top-level meeting between the federal government, the federal states and the manufacturers should improve planning. The Chancellor affirmed that every citizen can be vaccinated until autumn.
Despite the delivery bottlenecks for the vaccines against the coronavirus, Chancellor Angela Merkel is sticking to the promise to be able to offer every citizen a vaccination offer by the end of the summer. The "statement that we can offer every citizen a vaccination offer by the end of the third quarter" could "be maintained," said Merkel after the top consultations from the federal, state and pharmaceutical industries.
This promise will apply even if the two pharmaceutical manufacturers Johnson & Johnson and Curevac, contrary to expectations, do not receive approval for the vaccines they have developed, said Merkel. The vaccines are not yet intended for children.
In order to be able to plan the vaccinations better, the federal and state governments wanted to set up a "national vaccination plan", she announced. The forthcoming deliveries of vaccines should be listed there "to the best of our knowledge". The aim is "to give more security as to how the invitation management can take place for the people," said Merkel.
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