Interim goal of 30 million vaccinations achieved

Created: 12/26/2021, 02:27 PM

The federal government has achieved its target of 30 million vaccinations by the end of the year.

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In order to counter a possible wave of omicrons, the vaccination campaign was reinforced with boosters.

Now Karl Lauterbach announces that a first milestone has been reached.

Berlin - The federal government has achieved its target of 30 million vaccinations set in mid-November by the end of the year.

The mark was exceeded on Sunday, as Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach told the German Press Agency.

“The booster campaign in Germany is in full swing.

We have now reached an important intermediate goal.

We can all be proud of that. ”Previously, the“ Bild ”newspaper reported that the goal had been achieved.

The SPD politician thanked everyone who contributed - especially the doctors, but also those who had been vaccinated.

"You have done a great service to yourself and society."

He now appeals to everyone to continue at a high pace, said Lauterbach.

“We're going into the second round.

It is our goal to continue the booster campaign over the next few weeks at such a high speed that we can significantly reduce the number of hospital admissions for the Omikron variant. ”The booster campaign running in Germany is probably the most aggressive in all of Europe .

"We will continue it with all means." Chancellor Olaf Scholz first formulated the 30 million target on November 18 after a conference with the state ministers, but at that time it was only related to booster vaccinations.

The SPD politician spoke of "almost - not quite - 30 million booster vaccinations" by the end of the year.

That day the count started.

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In his government statement on December 15, Scholz then said: "I want all of us in Germany to get 30 million doses of vaccine in our upper arms by the end of the year, as a first vaccination, a second vaccination and a booster vaccination." On December 21, Scholz corrected this Target date on Christmas: “I have and we have set up to 30 million vaccinations by Christmas as a target.

There is much to suggest that we will achieve this goal. "

Of the more than 30 million vaccinations since November 18, a little more than five million first and second vaccinations and almost 25 million booster vaccinations.

In view of the impending wave of the particularly contagious Omikron variant, Lauterbach especially urged the unvaccinated to be vaccinated.

“Even the first vaccination weakens the course of the disease very much in the Delta and Omikron variants.

It's never too late to start vaccinating. ”Dpa