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(Picture: Getty Images)Germany has set a new European record for Covid-19 vaccinations by giving more than one million jabs in a day.
Doctors in the country gave out 1,088,952 jabs on Wednesday, surpassing the previous record, set by the UK, of 874,000 on March 20.
It was also the first time Germany has vaccinated more than 1 per cent of its population in a day.
Outside of Europe, only the US, China and India, who each have larger populations, have given more coronavirus jabs in 24 hours.
The country’s vaccine roll-out has sped up in recent weeks after a slow start, and more jabs have been given this month than in the whole first quarter of the year, according to the Telegraph.
The acceleration is partly down to larger deliveries of vaccines from the manufacturers, the paper added.
Germany is expected to receive 39.3m doses from Pfizer next month and the country hopes to vaccinate all over-60s and those at risk from existing conditions by the end of May.
Chancellor Angela Merkel has said it will stop vaccinating by age group once all over-60s have been given the jab and make the roll-out open to all adults by early June.
Speaking with the heads of Germany’s 16 states on Monday, she said: “This does not mean that everyone can then be vaccinated immediately.
“But then everyone can apply for a vaccination appointment, and they will then be given one according to the supply,” the chancellor added.
