Almost 98,000 people in Lower Saxony received a booster vaccination against the coronavirus.
According to the Ministry of Health on Friday, these are mostly people of old age.
According to this, around 1.3 million people who are older than 70 live in Lower Saxony.
Hanover - The Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko) recommends the so-called booster vaccination for people over 70, but also for nursing staff and medical staff who have direct contact with patients.
The recommendation also applies to people who have received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and to people with a weakened immune system.
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5.8 million vaccinations given in vaccination centers
5.8 million corona vaccinations have been administered in the recently closed vaccination centers in the state of Lower Saxony.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health said on Friday in Hanover.
The spokeswoman did not initially name how many of them were first and second vaccinations.
Since October, only general practitioners and mobile teams have been responsible for vaccination.
5.8 million vaccinations given in vaccination centers
Mobile vaccination teams in action in large parts of the country
Mobile vaccination teams are in action in large parts of Lower Saxony after the vaccination centers have been closed.
This is the case in 39 of 45 health department districts, said Heiger Scholz, head of the state government's corona crisis team, on Tuesday in Hanover.
At first, he could not say how many of the teams are administering corona vaccinations.
The around 50 vaccination centers nationwide were closed a few days ago, the 135 mobile teams and resident doctors are now taking over the vaccinations against the coronavirus in the state.
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The vast majority of vaccinations in Lower Saxony are administered by resident doctors, only a small part of them are carried out by mobile vaccination teams.
They are intended as support and in particular are responsible for the booster vaccinations in the old people's and nursing homes.
According to the Ministry of Health, 16,864 vaccinations were made nationwide on Thursday, 1,800 of them by the mobile teams.
In the meantime, all 134 vaccination teams from the country have been equipped with the necessary hardware and software, said a ministry spokeswoman on Friday.
In many places, appointments would now have to be agreed and declarations of consent obtained.
According to the Robert Koch Institute, 71.6 percent of people in Lower Saxony have been vaccinated against the corona virus once.
According to this, 68.1 percent received a full vaccination.
dpa
