Authorities are looking into claims a company has been charging the government for hundreds of rapid COVID tests it has not carried out. Widespread free testing for the public is key to Germany's plan for reopening.
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Successful start for industry partners T-Systems and ServiceNow NRW benefits from experience of successful vaccination launch in Saxony The new appointment system of the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians of Westphalia-Lippe (KVWL) for Corona vaccinations has passed its acid test. KVWL and the industry partners T-Systems and ServiceNow take a positive summary. North Rhine-Westphalia had provided 450,000 additional vaccine doses from Astra-Zeneca at short notice at Easter. The state offered the special quota to citizens over 60 years of age. In the Westphalia-Lippe region, the KVWL and its industry partners T-Systems and ServiceNow took care of the appointment allocation. As expected, the rush for the spades was great.
Family doctors in Germany to begin offering Covid-19 jabs as vaccine campaign speeds up
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Coronavirus vaccinations in doctors offices are to begin after Easter and gradually ramp up, according to Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) on Thursday.
“This won’t be a big step yet, but it will be an important one,” said Spahn (CDU) at a press conference in Berlin on Thursday.
For the first week of the new campaign, 35,000 GP practices have already ordered 1.4 million vaccine doses. According to the plans of the federal government and the states, 940,000 doses are to be initially delivered to doctors.
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