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Hamburg invites next group to corona vaccination | NDR.de – Nachrichten – Hamburg

Status: 02/18/2021 6:17 a.m.

In the coming week, the social authority in Hamburg wants to start calling for the next vaccination group. Over 75-year-olds will then presumably be contacted by age group.

Initially, the offers for those eligible for vaccination in the so-called second priority group should go out gradually, as Social Senator Melanie Leonhard (SPD) said. In the meantime, of course, the vaccinations in the first priority group continue. The problem: In the second round, many more people are eligible for vaccination than now. The social welfare authorities therefore want to invite older Hamburgers by year – first the 79-year-olds, then the 78-year-olds and so on. However, it still has to be clarified whether this is legally possible.

Are teachers and educators there too?

It is also still unclear whether the large group of previously ill persons who are then entitled to vaccination can be invited directly to the vaccination by the health insurance companies. The authority itself does not have the relevant data. It is not until Monday that the federal and state health ministers will make a final decision as to whether teachers will also have their turn in the second vaccination group.

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A spokesman for the social welfare authority said that the next vaccination group could be, for example, employees in doctor’s offices, police officers or fire fighters. Midwives and people with Down syndrome are also included. How many people in Hamburg belong to this group has not yet been determined, according to the authority.

The vaccine from AstraZeneca, which is only approved for under 65s in Germany, is well suited for working people. “We will receive around 45,000 doses of this in the coming weeks. This gives us leeway to be able to offer these people a vaccination in a timely manner,” said the spokesman. 70 to 79 year olds, who also belong to the second priority group, would have to get other vaccines.

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