Germany worried about COVID-19 vaccination 'no shows'
The Peninsula
BERLIN: A rising number of Germans are not showing up for COVID-19 vaccination appointments, prompting calls for fines to be imposed as Germany races to get shots in arms to counter the rapid spread of the more infectious Delta variant.
Mario Czaja, head of the Berlin Red Cross, said 5%-10% of people were skipping appointments at the city's vaccination centres - with second doses particularly affected - up from a no-show rate of less than 0.5% at the start of the year. With around 15,000 vaccinations planned per day at the centres, the number of wasted appointments is having a "massive effect on Berlin's vaccination coverage", Czaja told Deutschlandfunk radio on Monday.More Related News