Bavarian state premier Markus Söder (CSU) is fighting to increase the tempo of the state’s Covid vaccination drive, where the number of first doses administered lags behind the rest of Germany. His key strategy for expediting the drive will be to drop the prioritisation of appointments in state vaccination centres from this week onwards, according to a recent report in Spiegel. This will allow all over-18s in Bavaria to book a vaccine over the coming months, regardless of health condition, profession or age. If he succeeds, the targets would represent a major about-turn on Bavaria’s current performance in the race to inoculate. READ MORE: Merkel’s conservatives confirm Laschet for chancellor candidate as Söder concedesAccording to Spiegel, he also wants Bavarian vaccination centres to remain open beyond September.

Source: The Local June 28, 2021 14:26 UTC