Similar to other large companies, Deutsche Bahn also prepares vaccinations in-house. To this end, at least ten vaccination centers are to be set up.
If, from June, company doctors can also be supplied with vaccines, as the Federal Minister of Health said Jens Spahn announced on Monday , the Deutsche Bahn wants to vaccinate its employees themselves. For this purpose, vaccination centers are to be set up at at least ten locations in Germany. “The first are now being built in Munich and Nuremberg,” said a spokeswoman. No other locations were known at first. Which vaccine will be used has not yet been determined. As soon as enough vaccine is available, as many “systemically important employees as possible should receive a vaccination offer from their employer”. The group assumes that around half of the employees in Germany are classified as systemically relevant. Many of them belong to group 3 in the federal corona vaccination regulation. This includes 60 to 70-year-olds and people with a medical history, but also people who “work in particularly relevant positions in institutions and companies of critical infrastructure”. According to the vaccination ordinance, this also includes transport and traffic. Personnel director Martin Seiler emphasized that the decision to vaccinate is voluntary. There will also be no vaccination privileges, neither for employees nor for customers.
BASF pioneers
The chemical company BASF is one of the pioneers in vaccinations by company doctors. Employees from the Ludwigshafen headquarters can go there have been vaccinated since last Wednesday . A vaccination center was set up for this purpose – with vaccination booths, waiting and rest rooms. The vaccine from BioNTech is used first. Vaccinations are carried out in the order specified by the state: Initially, only employees with previous illnesses such as diabetes have the opportunity to do so. The group expects to be able to vaccinate up to 4,000 employees in the coming weeks. Most of the other major German companies from industry, trade and finance listed in the DAX and MDAX are also preparing for vaccinations for their employees, according to surveys. The insurance group Allianz has set up its own vaccination lines at several locations. A total of 27 vaccination lines have been operational at 15 different sites in the group since Monday. The chemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer also hopes to be able to start in the second quarter. The Düsseldorf-based consumer goods company Henkel has also provided a vaccination center.
Vaccinate 1000 employees daily
Telekom reports that it can offer its employees vaccinations at 18 German locations and that it is able to vaccinate 80 percent of its employees in Germany within two months. At the automotive supplier Continental, a good 1000 employees in Germany could be vaccinated every day, announced the DAX company from Hanover. “Our company doctors are ready,” said a spokeswoman for the German press agency. The energy company RWE is also in the starting blocks. “RWE could get started next week – if there is a vaccine for the companies,” said CEO Rolf Martin Schmitz of the “Rheinische Post”. The entire workforce could be vaccinated in two weeks. “Then we would offer to vaccinate the families of the employees,” said Schmitz.
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