The largest vaccination campaign in Germany's history has got off to a good start, Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn said in a government statement in the German Bundestag on Wednesday. "We will probably be able to offer everyone vaccination by the summer," Spahn said. However, the scarcity of vaccines worldwide at present is simply a fact, he said. The reason for this shortage is a lack of production capacities, not a lack of contracts.
The Federal Government is continuing to do everything it can to increase the availability of vaccines. Now it will also depend on whether people in Germany are willing to be vaccinated. This "largest vaccination campaign in our history" is a joint task. "Only if the vast majority of citizens are willing to be vaccinated throughout the year will we really be able to defeat the virus," Spahn emphasised.