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Campaign Kicks Into High Gear
All Who Want Access To Vaccine in Germany Could Get It By July
Germany s vaccination campaign is running sluggishly, but that s about to change quickly. The situation could ease considerably and that well before the end of the summer, with vaccine deliveries set to increase dramatically in the coming weeks.
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Vaccines are finally arriving en masse in Germany: The driver of a refrigerator truck unloads cases of doses from BioNTech/Pfizer at a logistics center.
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Despite the initially sluggish start of vaccinations in Germany and a new scare over the AstraZeneca vaccine, large parts of the German population appear to be on track to be vaccinated in the coming months, possibly well before the end of the summer. It is realistic that all adults who want to get vaccinated will be able to get a shot by the end of July,” said Sebastian Dullien, research director