The vaccination rate in Germany against the corona virus is often criticized as too slow.
A new model is to show how the pace can be increased.
Berlin - Millions of citizens could be vaccinated against Corona much faster if the permissible intervals between the first and second vaccination were fully exhausted and no more vaccination doses were set aside for second vaccinations.
This is shown by model calculations by the Central Institute for Health Insurance, which were published on Friday.
If this were done as in the model, more than two million additional first vaccinations could be carried out by Easter.
And by the start of the summer holidays in the first countries on June 21, there could even be more than 7.5 million additional first vaccinations.
According to the model, 58 percent of the population could then receive at least one vaccination.
In contrast, with the current vaccination regime, only about 47 percent would get this protection by summer, it said.
According to various studies, between 60 and 70 percent of the population would have to be vaccinated in order to achieve herd immunity.
Jens Spahn's promise to make everyone a vaccination offer by the end of summer could therefore be achieved with this model of the central institute for statutory health care.
Vaccination speed in Germany: model calculation with AstraZeneca, Moderna and Biontech
In both scenarios, only the currently approved vaccines from Biontech / Pfizer, Moderna and Astrazeneca were taken into account - based on the previously announced delivery quantities.
A further increase in vaccination capacities is urgently necessary, for example by involving the resident doctors, said the chairman of the board, Dominik von Stillfried.
This will be even more urgent when further vaccines are approved - in particular the manufacturer Johnson & Johnson and Curevac.
On Wednesday, the central institute calculated that 50,000 of the roughly 75,000 medical practices in Germany could each administer 20 doses of vaccine each day - and thus quickly contribute to immunizing the population with up to five million vaccinations per week.
(dpa / aka)
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