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A special bus was offering COVID-19 jabs to residents of flood-hit Ahrweiler on Wednesday, amid concerns that the recent deadly flooding could help the virus spread more quickly.
Residents were relieved that a mobile vaccination centre opened after the local vaccination centre and doctors' offices were hit by disaster.
One resident said: "The vaccination centre for us in Grafschaft-Gelsdorf was also hit in the catastrophe and is closed. We all would have had to drive to, Polch, Mayen, Koblenz - very far."
The vaccination bus can administer around 300 jabs daily. According to the health minister of Rhineland-Palatinate 260 people were vaccinated on Tuesday.
Germany: Vaccination bus offers COVID jabs in flood-hit Ahrweiler
A special bus was offering COVID-19 jabs to residents of flood-hit Ahrweiler on Wednesday, amid concerns that the recent deadly flooding could help the virus spread more quickly.
Residents were relieved that a mobile vaccination centre opened after the local vaccination centre and doctors' offices were hit by disaster.
One resident said: "The vaccination centre for us in Grafschaft-Gelsdorf was also hit in the catastrophe and is closed. We all would have had to drive to, Polch, Mayen, Koblenz - very far."
The vaccination bus can administer around 300 jabs daily. According to the health minister of Rhineland-Palatinate 260 people were vaccinated on Tuesday.
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A special bus was offering COVID-19 jabs to residents of flood-hit Ahrweiler on Wednesday, amid concerns that the recent deadly flooding could help the virus spread more quickly.
Residents were relieved that a mobile vaccination centre opened after the local vaccination centre and doctors' offices were hit by disaster.
One resident said: "The vaccination centre for us in Grafschaft-Gelsdorf was also hit in the catastrophe and is closed. We all would have had to drive to, Polch, Mayen, Koblenz - very far."
The vaccination bus can administer around 300 jabs daily. According to the health minister of Rhineland-Palatinate 260 people were vaccinated on Tuesday.