A Baden-Württemberg company is starting a model project in which employees are vaccinated against the coronavirus by the company doctor.
In Baden-Württemberg, company doctors should also be able to vaccinate employees against the corona virus in the future. Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn (CDU) also advocates vaccinations at the company doctor and plans to make this possible nationwide from June. The first model test will begin next week in a Baden-Württemberg company such as * echo24.de reported.
The Ministry of Social Affairs said loudly on Wednesday German Press Agency (dpa) in Stuttgart, after the nationwide start of vaccinations in general practitioners’ practices after Easter, preparations for a vaccination start in the companies have now begun. The chambers of industry and commerce have agreed to inform and coordinate interested companies.
Model project in Baden-Württemberg: Corona vaccination at the company doctor
In a pilot project, crane manufacturer Liebherr will be able to vaccinate employees at its plant in Ehingen (Alb-Donau district) from next week. According to a spokesman, around 2,500 of the around 4,000 employees at the site have shown interest. In the first step, however, it is only the turn of the over 60s. The well-known vaccination prioritization for Baden-Württemberg * applies, it said in a message on Thursday.
The vaccinations, which are carried out by company doctors, are expected to start on Monday afternoon (April 26th). Health Minister Manne Lucha (Greens) has announced his visit for Tuesday. Last week, the state talked about including company doctors in the vaccinations from the summer and testing the process beforehand in model projects.
Progress in vaccination in Germany
In Germany, 5,790,531 people (7.0% of the total population) are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus (as of April 22). A total of 18,496,378 people received at least one dose of vaccine.
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Baden-Württemberg: Corona vaccination at the company doctor to ramp up the economy
Office chief Uwe Lahl had opposite the Stuttgart newspaper said that if the country received a million vaccine doses from the federal government every week from mid-May, as was hoped, “then that is also the moment when the economy should pick up”. According to the Federal Ministry of Health, the federal government expects around 39 million vaccine doses from Biontech and around five million doses from Moderna from May to June.
Uwe Lahl is currently talking to one or two “captains of industry” in the country in order to get the vaccination campaign up and running in the factories. The car manufacturer Daimler * was on Wednesday. Next week, Wednesday, the ministry would like to clarify open questions in a larger group with companies and company doctors. * echo24.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
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