Berlin, June 26, (dpa/GNA) – Half a year after the start of the vaccination campaign in Germany, more than half of the populace has been vaccinated against the coronavirus at least once, and more than a third have already received the second jab.
According to data released by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for disease control and prevention, almost 44.4 million people, or 53.3 per cent of the population, have received at least one vaccination dose, while 28.9 million, or 34.8 per cent, have been fully vaccinated.
On Friday alone, 852,814 vaccine doses were administered.
For the first time, Germany is ahead of Britain in terms of the absolute number of people vaccinated, German Health Minister Jens Spahn wrote on Twitter on Saturday.
In Britain, the Delta variant of the virus, which is considered particularly contagious, is predominant. Its share is also increasing in Germany.
GNA