More and more people in Bavaria are getting the third syringe.
By the end of the year, over five million people should be boosted.
But there is a problem with the distribution.
Munich - Vaccination is the only way out of the pandemic * - politics and science agree.
Due to the high number of infections and the numerous tightening of rules, this also seems to have arrived in the population.
The willingness to vaccinate has been increasing again for weeks.
In many places there are no more appointments available at vaccination centers or general practitioners.
Even in some regions, the vaccine is slowly becoming scarce.
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Corona in Bavaria: Booster vaccinations are increasing sharply
In order to combat the particularly contagious and insidious delta variant of the coronavirus *, the only thing that helps, especially for older people, is boosting - i.e. the third spade. This also seems to have reached the over 60s. Because according to
BR
information when asked by the Ministry of Health, 61 percent of the booster vaccinations * went to this age group. Accordingly, younger people accounted for 39 percent. As of Wednesday, November 24th, 8.3 percent of people in Bavaria were receiving a booster vaccination. 18.6 percent in the group over 60.
The syringes were administered mainly by general practitioners, specialists and company doctors, with 53 percent.
The vaccination centers, mobile vaccination teams and hospitals that are being set up again accounted for 47 percent.
And the demand remains high.
According to
BR,
90,000 people were boosted
in the first
week of
November
.
The following week it was 199,000.
In the third week of November the number rose again to 346,000.
Corona: In Bavaria, 5.7 million people could be boosted by the New Year
In order to vaccinate the 5.7 million people estimated by the Ministry of Health who have already been vaccinated twice and could have their third injection by the end of the year, it takes a great deal of strength. That is why there is no prioritization, as was the case at the beginning of the year. However, there could be a shortage of appointments at one or the other vaccination center. Many are only just being set up again and complain about a lack of staff. This should change as quickly as possible, emphasized yesterday's Prime Minister Markus Söder and Health Minister Klaus Holetschek on their tour of the Corona hotspots *.
Another obstacle could be the distribution of the vaccine.
Although, according to the ministry, there are sufficient funds, they do not seem to be arriving in the respective regions.
Germany-wide 50 million mRNA vaccines from Biontech and Moderna are said to be in stock.
Bavaria accounts for around 7.9 million cans.
But the district administrators from the particularly affected regions complained at a press conference on Friday that they lacked vaccine.
And other cities - such as Augsburg, for example - have had to send people home because the vaccine was out of stock.
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