Regional vaccination centers open on January 19th

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Regional vaccination centers open on January 19th – registrations from January 12th

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The Hessian Interior Minister Peter Beuth and the Hessian Health Minister Kai Klose presented details of the planned vaccinations against the corona virus on New Year’s Day. The six regional vaccination centers are scheduled to open from January 19, 2021. For the people in the entire Main-Kinzig district, the responsible regional vaccination center is in Frankfurt am Main. It is not yet known when the vaccination centers in Hanau and Gelnhausen will open.

Registration by phone or online

Appointments can only be made from January 12, 2021. Anyone who would like to find out more about vaccinations in Hesse beforehand can visit the information available at corona.hessen.de or the Robert Koch Institute website rki.de. To fall back on. For general questions the citizen hotline of the Hessian state government is available on the telephone number: 0800 555 4666.

The Hessian Interior Minister Peter Beuth and the Hessian Health Minister Kai Klose declared: “We will open the six regional vaccination centers from January 19th. In view of the manageable quantities of vaccines, they will not be running at full capacity yet, but thousands of citizens across the country will receive their vaccinations every week As soon as there is increased vaccine production and further approvals for effective vaccines in Europe, we can open our further vaccination centers. At the moment, however, protection in the elderly and care facilities as well as for the staff in the particularly stressed hospitals has top priority. “

Hessians, who belong to the highest priority group according to the Corona Vaccination Ordinance of the Federal Ministry of Health, can register for their personal corona vaccination from January 12, 2021. These are mainly women and men who are 80 years or older. There are two ways for members of the first group to have a personal vaccination appointment: either by calling the hotline 116 117 or registering online via the website impfterminservice.de.

Six regional vaccination centers

The vaccinations will begin on January 19, 2021 in the six regional vaccination centers Kassel, Gießen, Fulda, Frankfurt, Wiesbaden and Darmstadt. They supply the cities and the entire surrounding area (which regional vaccination center includes which cities and communities can be seen here: https://hessenlink.de/2LeEr). This means that there is a responsible regional vaccination center for every Hessian and every Hessian.

Almost 21,400 Hessians received their first vaccinations

[image-1-v]So far, the state of Hesse has received almost 100,000 vaccination doses since December 26, 2020. On the advice of the federal government, half of the available amount is initially stored safely in the state’s distribution center at around minus 70 degrees, so that the important second vaccination can be guaranteed in any case. This should usually take place three weeks after the first vaccination. In the first five days of the nationwide vaccination campaign, around 21,400 people were vaccinated in Hessen.

Protection for those who need it most

Residents and staff of retirement and nursing homes are currently being visited in the facilities by the mobile teams of the districts and urban districts. A total of around 113,000 women and men in Hessen are potentially eligible for vaccination. In addition, employees in clinics that are particularly challenged in the fight against SARS-COV-2 can currently receive a vaccination. The local skilled staff take care of the vaccination of around 15,000 people themselves.

In addition to these groups of people, the highest priority for the vaccinations are the employees of the emergency services and the outpatient care services as well as all other people from the age of 80 who have not already been vaccinated in the elderly and care facilities by the mobile teams. In total, the first group according to the federal vaccination ordinance in Hesse includes around 567,000 people. Hessen follows the prioritization given in the federal vaccination ordinance (see “Background”).

“Citizens who want to be vaccinated and cannot be vaccinated yet, we ask for your patience. The prioritization of certain groups of people is specified by the Federal Ministry of Health and is mandatory because not enough vaccine is available yet to vaccinate all people who We are all working quickly to ensure that things continue as quickly as possible in Hesse, “said Interior Minister Peter Beuth and Health Minister Kai Klose.

A. Vaccinations with the highest priority (§ 2 Vaccination Ordinance)

People over 80 years of age
People in old people’s and elderly care facilities (employees and residents)
Employees of outpatient care services
Employees in medical facilities with a very high risk of exposure to Covid-19 (especially intensive care units, emergency rooms, emergency services)
Employees in medical facilities in which people are treated for whom a Covid 19 infection is expected to be severe or fatal (in particular hemato-oncology, transplant medicine)

B. High priority vaccinations (§ 3 Vaccination Ordinance)

People over 70 years of age
People at particular risk of a severe or fatal course of infection (people with trisomy 21, dementia or intellectual disabilities and organ transplants)
People in shelters for the homeless and asylum seekers
People who work in the ÖGD or in a particularly relevant position to maintain the hospital infrastructure

C. Vaccinations with increased priority (§ 4 Vaccination Ordinance)

People over the age of 60
People who have a certain chronic pre-existing illness at an increased risk of a serious or fatal course of the disease after infection with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus
People who work in areas of medical facilities with a low risk of exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, especially in laboratories and staff who do not care for patients with suspected infectious diseases
People who work in particularly relevant positions in state institutions, in particular in governments and administrations, in the armed forces, in the police, fire services, civil protection, in parliaments and in the judiciary, people in particularly relevant positions in other institutions and Critical infrastructure companies are active, in particular in pharmacy, pharmaceutical industry, water and energy supply, food and waste management, transport and traffic as well as information technology and telecommunications
People who work as educators or teachers,
People with precarious working and / or living conditions, especially seasonal workers, employees in distribution centers or in the meat processing industry
People who work in retail.

General questions about Corona will still be answered at 0800 – 555 4666 and at corona.hessen.de. (pm)+++

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