Now, they can also book an appointment with one of the dozens of vaccine centres dotted across the country, which initially bore the weight of the vaccine campaign before GPs entered the fray in May. READ MORE:Some 900,000 teenagers have so far been vaccinated, suggesting that there is considerable willingness among teenagers (or their parents) for them to have a vaccine. Thomas Mertens, head of the STIKO, said that the decision to offer vaccinations to teenagers at vaccine centres did not contradict his group’s recommendations. And on this basis, we are now making this vaccination offer,” he said. Ulrich Weigeldt of the Association of General Practitioners said that the decision to open vaccine centres to teenagers should have been made after the STIKO had published its latest recommendation.

Source: The Local August 03, 2021 09:22 UTC