In Germany, everyone who is to be vaccinated against the new crown has the right to be vaccinated for free, the federal government said. "Vaccinations are free regardless of whether and how they are insured," a spokesman for the Federal Ministry of Health in Berlin said. Government spokesman Steffen Seibert reiterated that vaccinations would be voluntary.

The desired effect occurs only after about 70% of the population has been vaccinated. Assuming 100,000 vaccinations per day, it would take about 150 days to vaccinate 15 million people. Also, the vaccine must be given twice for it to work. With Germany's 83 million inhabitants, vaccination efforts will take a long time to win the fight against the virus.