BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel stuck to her government’s pledge to offer all German adults a COVID-19 vaccination by the end of the third quarter, despite a slow rollout at the start of this year.
Merkel, speaking after meeting state leaders, said they had modelled scenarios in which vaccines from Johnson & Johnson and CureVac – expected to be delivered in the second quarter – did and did not show up.
“In both cases… we can stick to our statement that we will be able to offer every citizen a vaccination by the end of the third quarter, that is, by the end of the summer,” she told reporters.
(Writing by Paul Carrel, editing by Thomas Escritt)
