While the corona vaccination has already started in the USA and England, Germany is still waiting for EMA approval.
A person from Cologne has already been vaccinated.
A
Cologne resident
wrote Corona history
As the first
German citizen
, he received the
BioNTech / Pfizer vaccine
on Saturday
Soon he will be
vaccinating
numerous patients
himself
It must have felt a little bit historical: putting it in line, rolling up your sleeve and poking the needle under your skin.
Christoph Kollmeier
is 44, has a German passport and at
6:57 p.m.
local time he received his
vaccination
against the
coronavirus
on Saturday
.
“I've been trying to get a vaccination appointment since morning.
But the three telephone lines were always busy.
Then it worked ”, explains Kollmeier in the
picture
interview.
Of course, the
44-year-old from Cologne is
not vaccinated in his hometown.
In Germany we are finally waiting for approval from the responsible European Medicines Agency,
EMA for
short
.
The Authority is expected on 21 December
vaccine
of
BioNTech / Pfizer
decide.
Just like
Canada
and the
USA,
Great Britain
has
already passed its approval and so
the world's first mass vaccinations against the
coronavirus have been
taking
place here since
December 8th
.
It all starts with people over 80.
Because Dr.
Christoph Kollmeier, however, in
Langport
, 200 km west of London
works as a
family doctor
, he is one of the lucky ones - despite his age and passport.
First German gets coronavirus vaccination: that's behind it
The
storage conditions of
the vaccine
are also to blame
.
It has to be transported at
minus 70 degrees
.
If it is
removed from
the
supply chain
, it must be used in good time.
That is
exactly what happened to
a nearby
hospital
in
Yeovil over
the weekend: the cold chain was broken and
700 Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine doses
had to be used as quickly as possible.
After an
email notification
, Kollmeier and some colleagues tried to make an appointment for the vaccination.
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For the transport, the coronavirus vaccine from Biontech currently has to be transported at temperatures below minus 70 degrees.
For this purpose, special freezer containers are filled with dry ice.
© Ralph Orlowski / dpa / picture alliance
As
clinical director
, Kollmeier himself will soon be responsible for the vaccination of
around 50,000 patients
: “It will be
more difficult
in the next few days around
Christmas
.
But we will make good progress, ”explains the doctor in an interview with the online portal
Express
.
Kollmeier explains why the early vaccination was so important to him: “I see people
dying
from
Corona
.
And if you don't die, you feel very bad for many weeks.
Therefore I wanted to get
vaccinated
for my own protection, but especially
for the protection of everyone else
.
As a doctor, I also want to set a
good example
for my patients
.
You should know: If the doctor gets vaccinated, I should too. "
So far, no side effects: first German gets vaccination against the coronavirus
It is a fitting coincidence that the first German with a
coronavirus
vaccination, just like the developer of the vaccine, Ugur Sahin, is from Cologne.
According to his own statements, he has not yet had any side effects.
Like the rest of the world, he hopes for an improvement in the situation from next spring.