The first vaccinations against Covid-19 will start immediately after Christmas. From December 27th, vaccinations should be carried out in retirement homes. For the time being, there are 1,200 vaccine doses for Lower Franconia. The government of Lower Franconia announced this. These are to be stored in the Würzburg University Hospital. In the future, the vaccination centers and mobile vaccination teams will be supplied from there.
A supply is provided
There should be two replenishments by the turn of the year. According to Health Minister Melanie Huml, the first delivery will provide every district and every urban district with 100 vaccine doses. “During the day December 26th, 9,750 doses of the vaccine will be delivered by the manufacturer Biontech to the two storage centers in Erlangen and Munich. From there it will be distributed to the vaccination centers in the individual government districts, so that on December 27th we will be able to receive the first vaccinations by mobile in Bavaria Vaccination teams can start in the old people’s and nursing homes “, explains Huml.
Retirement homes in Würzburg are given priority
In which facilities should be vaccinated first depends on the district authority. The district office in Würzburg has announced that the first 200 doses of vaccine to which the city and district of Würzburg are entitled will be used in retirement homes. Previously, there was talk of the fact that nursing staff in the Würzburg University Clinic would be vaccinated with the first delivery.
According to the Würzburg district office, residents in senior facilities in Bergtheim and Estenfeld are currently to be vaccinated. For people over 80 years of age who are not housed in senior facilities, there are two options: “On the one hand, they can get their vaccination in the two vaccination centers (Würzburger Talavera and Flugplatz Giebelstadt). On the other hand, it is planned – provided the vaccine is sufficient in one available quantity is available – to reach citizens with decentralized vaccination lines. ” A central appointment allocation is possible from January through the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians in Bavaria (KVB).
“The corona vaccination is a voluntary vaccination offer. There is no compulsory vaccination.”, Emphasizes the district office of Würzburg.
In other districts, too, it starts in retirement homes
The district office in Bad Kissingen announced that the first vaccination doses will be inoculated in senior facilities in Bad Kissingen and Bad Bocklet.
The Kitzingen district is proceeding in a similar manner. According to the District Office in Kitzingen, the majority of the first 100 vaccine doses are to be used in senior facilities. A small part is to be used in the vaccination center at the Kitzinger Land clinic.
The city of Schweinfurt announced that 90 to 100 percent of all residents in the senior citizens’ facilities in the city and district of Schweinfurt are willing to vaccinate. A vaccination plan has already been put together. First of all, the Schweinfurt vaccination center wants to get in touch with the facilities in order to take care of the residents who are entitled and willing to vaccinate with the mobile teams.
In the Main-Spessart area, too, senior citizens are first vaccinated in nursing homes. This was announced by the Main-Spessart Clinic in Karlstadt.
The same applies in the Miltenberg district. The retirement homes have priority. “At the vaccination center for the Miltenberg area, which was set up at the Helios Clinic, no appointments can yet be made,” says the Miltenberg district office. People who are older than 80 and live at home should be informed at the beginning of January. A vaccination is expected to be possible for her from mid-January.
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