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Less than 3 percent of Germany s population has been vaccinated so far, RKI data shows
From CNN s Stephanie Halasz and Claudia Otto
A member of a mobile vaccination team prepares doses of the Biontech/Pfizer vaccine in Tübingen, Germany on February 5. Sebastian Gollnow/picture alliance/Getty Images
More than 3 million doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered in Germany so far, according to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the country s main public health authority.
In total, 3,269,110 doses have been given, with the majority of them administered as a first shot.
The RKI said on Monday that:
Customs authorities say the man hid the animals in socks and empty ice cream containers.
Credit: AP/Tiergarten Schoenbrunn/Anton Weissenbacher
This undated photo privided by the Tiergarten Schoenbrunn (Schoenbrunn Zoo) on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021 shows a chameleon in Vienna, Austria. Over 70 species-protected chameleons were to be smuggled into Vienna this week. Customs at the Vienna airport stopped the smuggling and brought the animals to the zoo. (Tiergarten Schönbrunn/Anton Weissenbacher via AP) Author: Associated Press, 10 Tampa Bay Published: 9:17 AM EST January 26, 2021 Updated: 9:17 AM EST January 26, 2021
BERLIN, Germany Austrian authorities say they have stopped a man at Vienna airport as he tried to smuggle 74 protected chameleons from Africa into the country.
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Austrian authorities stopped a man at Viennaairport as he tried to smuggle 74 protected chameleons from Africa into the country
They said in a statement Friday that a 56-year-old man, who was not further identified, had hidden the animals in socks and empty ice-cream boxes when he was caught at customs control in Vienna. He had traveled to Austria from Tanzania via Ethiopia.
The chameleons were taken to the Austrian capital s Schoenbrunn Zoo, which said that three of the animals did not survive. All the animals were from the Usambara Mountains in Tanzania and ranged in age from 1 week old to adult animals.