Prognosis
Germany Doubles Pace of Covid-19 Shots Amid Surge in Cases
- Regular doctors now administering about 1 million doses a week
- Merkel agrees on changes to infection legislation with states
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Germany has doubled its pace of Covid-19 vaccinations after a sluggish start, as it battles a third wave of the virus that threatens to overwhelm medical facilities.
The country administered about 720,000 doses on Thursday, a fourth straight daily record, thanks to a surge in vaccinations in doctors’ offices. That pace should continue for most of April as a network of some 35,000 general practitioners receive 1 million doses more in each of the next two weeks -- and even more after that.