First Berlin clinics vaccinate staff against Corona – BZ Berlin

The first clinics in Berlin have started corona vaccinations for their employees. The Charité University Hospital and the municipal hospital group Vivantes announced that they had received a total of almost 1000 doses from the health administration at short notice.

The vaccinations have been running at several locations since Tuesday morning. First, the agent would be injected into those employees who work in Covid 19 intensive care units or who care for these sick people in other wards, it said. The vaccinations should initially run up to and including Thursday.

Vaccination ensures more security

“Doctors and nurses are constantly working to the absolute limit in this unprecedented crisis situation. A vaccination can at least ensure more safety here, ”said Charité CEO Heyo Kroemer. The Charité with around 4,500 nurses cares for the most serious Covid-19 cases in Berlin.

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Vivantes claims to have treated almost every second corona hospital case in Berlin between March and mid-November alone. An internal survey by the group had shown that a good 70 percent of employees would be vaccinated against corona before a vaccine was approved.

On Sunday, the first residents of old people’s and nursing homes in Berlin were vaccinated to protect against Covid-19. At the opening of the first of six vaccination centers, employees from old people’s and nursing homes received the preparation, of which two doses must be administered. According to data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), 3839 corona vaccinations have so far been recorded in Berlin.