The IHK now wants to test the vaccination against the corona virus at the company doctor with a model project. The mechanical engineering company Liebherr in Ehingen in the Alb-Donau district is making the start.
In Baden-Württemberg, according to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK), twelve companies are to test how vaccination can work in companies as part of a model project. The state would like to discuss the organization on Wednesday of next week at a top meeting with the company and works medical association and the Chamber of Industry and Commerce.
Land should provide vaccine for farms
It is already known that the country is to provide the vaccine for the model projects. The prioritization will also be adhered to – first of all, the over 60-year-olds will be vaccinated. The first pilot company in the country will be the mechanical engineering company Liebherr in Ehingen (Alb-Donau district). According to the Ministry of Social Affairs, two courts and a correctional facility will follow at the beginning of May.
The company doctors only receive a limited amount of vaccine for the model projects, as there is still too little of it. The supply of company doctors with the corona vaccine must finally be clarified at the federal level. Because, according to the state government, the companies should receive the vaccines just like the resident doctors via pharmaceutical wholesalers.
Companies in the model project receive Astrazeneca vaccine
There will be no choice between vaccines in the companies during the pilot project. In a model project, only those over 60 would be vaccinated, for this there is only the Astrazeneca vaccine, according to the Ministry of Social Affairs. The companies participating in the model test received the vaccine from the nearest vaccination centers – but that is an interim solution until the federal government has clarified who is supplying the company doctors.
While the IHK Baden-Württemberg would also like to see large companies in the model project, the state government is also open to medium-sized and small companies. The company and company medical association in the state emphasizes that company doctors, especially in smaller companies, can reach a lot of people for whom the way to the vaccination center leads over too many hurdles.
The company doctors are to be the third pillar of the vaccination campaign in addition to the vaccination centers and the general practitioners in private practice in the summer and vaccinate under full load, according to the idea of the state government.
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