Germany sees 20% of population vaccinated against coronavirus by May

Germany has seen a rise in infections as it lags Britain, Israel, and the United States in the pace of vaccinations. Spahn, speaking at a vaccination center in Berlin, said Germany had taken three months to get shots to the first 10% of its people who have now been vaccinated.

Germany will have immunized 20% of its population against the novel coronavirus by the beginning of May, the country's health minister Jens Spahn said on Monday. Germany has seen a rise in infections as it lags Britain, Israel, and the United States in the pace of vaccinations.

Spahn, speaking at a vaccination center in Berlin, said Germany had taken three months to get shots to the first 10% of its people who have now been vaccinated. "We will manage the next 10% in a month in light of the expected deliveries (of vaccinations)," he said.