Angela Merkel has received her second dose of the Coronavirus vaccine. – Michael Sohn / AP / SIPA
Angela Merkel is now fully vaccinated. “Yes, we confirm” that In addition to this, you need to know more about it.the German chancellor was recently injected with a second dose of vaccine against the coronavirus, said a spokesman for the chancellery. But it is not the same as for the first dose.
The 66-year-old chancellor had, on April 16, an injection of the AstraZeneca vaccine, the use of which had been suspended for a time in Germany after several cases of thrombosis identified in Europe. His spokesperson then tweeted a photo of his vaccination certificate to prove the injection. For her second dose, Angela Merkel received the messenger RNA vaccine from the American Moderna, the same source confirmed.
31.6% of Germans fully vaccinated
The use of the AstraZeneca vaccine, administered to several German leaders, including the President of the Republic Frank-Walter Steinmeier, is reserved in Germany for over 60s. Several countries, including Germany, have chosen to inject a second dose of a messenger RNA vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna, resulting in a “mixed vaccination schedule” after a first injection of AstraZeneca.
More than half (51.2%) of Germany’s population, or 42.5 million people, have received at least one dose of vaccine and 26.3 million (31.6%) are fully vaccinated, according to published figures Tuesday by the Robert Koch Institute.