The plan also recommends promoting vaccination for those aged 12-17, which would go further than earlier guidance issued by the country’s vaccine regulator. Health Minister Jens Spahn and Germany’s 16 regional health ministers are expected to finalise the plans, drawn up by ministry officials, in a meeting Monday. Mobile vaccination teams will be sent into care and nursing homes to offer Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna booster shots to residents, regardless of which vaccine they had originally, says the document. READ ALSO: Germany at start of fourth Covid waveThere are also concerns about a slowdown in the country’s vaccination rate, with just over 52 percent of the population fully jabbed. ‘Safe return’ to schoolIn an effort to get more younger people vaccinated, health ministers want to widen access by opening all the country’s vaccination centres to 12- to 17-year olds.

Source: The Local August 01, 2021 18:45 UTC