The previous vaccination prioritization will be canceled in June.
That is the result of the vaccination summit in Berlin.
Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) has officially declared this.
Berlin - It still exists, soon it will be history: the prioritization of vaccinations in times of the coronavirus pandemic.
That is the result of the vaccination summit in Berlin on Monday, April 26, 2021. Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) made this decision at a press conference in the federal capital following the summit.
Nonetheless, there is one restriction, as Angela Merkel explained at the press conference.
Corona: Vaccination summit in Berlin brings decision - Merkel announces result at press conference
Because the decision that was made during the consultations in Berlin "does not mean that everyone can be vaccinated immediately," said Angela Merkel at the press conference.
Nevertheless, with the discontinuation of the vaccination prioritization, everyone can try to make an appointment.
At the same time as the announcement that vaccination prioritization will cease to apply in June, the Chancellor also promised that vaccination should be carried out at a significantly higher rate.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel during the press conference after the vaccination summit in the Chancellery.
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A step that is urgently needed.
For example, in the Hanseatic City of Hamburg, the family doctors with whom Hamburg wanted to ignite the vaccination turbo complained: They had received too few vaccine doses.
On the day of the vaccination summit in Berlin, there was a lot of excitement in the metropolis of Alster and Elbe that a number of vaccination doses did not end up in the arm, but in the bin.
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Corona: Chancellor Angela Merkel announces further regulation
In Berlin, Angela Merkel said that in many federal states priority groups I and II were already vaccinated and group III was now open. It can be assumed that this group will receive the first vaccination in May. For this reason, "depending on how many vaccination pods we get, the prioritization can then be lifted from June at the latest." In addition, the Chancellor spoke at the press conference of easing the situation for those who have been vaccinated and those who have recovered from the coronavirus.
Angela Merkel announced that in addition to the possible lifting of the vaccination prioritization from June, there will also be an ordinance to be passed by the Bundestag and Bundesrat.
"It was important that we discussed that," stated the Chancellor.
But despite all the euphoria, the 66-year-old also took on the role of a warning.
With a view to a large part of the unvaccinated in the German population, she spoke of being “in a transition phase that is not easy.” According to Merkel, there is “hope” - but there is still a long way to go.
Coron: Health Minister Jens Spahn recently spoke out against the rapid abandonment of vaccination prioritization
In the run-up to the vaccination summit in Berlin, Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) recently opposed the too fast release of corona vaccinations for everyone. In his view, vaccinations should only be offered to the third and therefore last priority group in May 2021, said Spahn on Monday in Berlin.
In addition to those over 60, this also included supermarket sellers, bus drivers, judicial officers and teachers in secondary schools.
These are professional groups who cannot work from home.
The next step would then be the general task of prioritizing vaccinations, said Spahn.
“I said: in June.
If it can be done earlier, because more vaccine comes, earlier too. ”Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) had spoken out in favor of approving vaccinations for everyone in May.
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