FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany might begin administering photographs of COVID-19 vaccines as quickly as subsequent month, Well being Minister Jens Spahn was quoted as saying.

“There may be motive to be optimistic that there will probably be approval for a vaccine in Europe this 12 months,” Spahn stated in an interview with publishing group RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland. “After which we are able to begin instantly.”

Spahn stated that he had requested Germany’s federal states to have their vaccination centres prepared by mid-December and that this was going effectively. “I might relatively have a vaccination centre prepared just a few days early than an authorised vaccine that is not getting used instantly.”

Germany has secured greater than 300 million vaccine doses by way of the European Fee, bilateral contracts and choices, Spahn stated, including that this was greater than sufficient and even left room to share with different international locations.

(Reporting by Christoph Steitz; Enhancing by Hugh Lawson)