For example, Elleke and Laura from Amsterdam came to pick up their booster in Duisburg on Saturday morning, they tell the German newscast Tagesschau. It was soon the turn of the two women of 27. In two weeks they want to go to Austria on a skiing holiday, but without a booster you have to be quarantined there.
Elleke says that because of her age, she may not be in the Netherlands for a booster until next year. “We are very happy that the vaccination has been successful here in Duisburg,” says Laura.
prick doubters
The marathon is organized by the doctor Ahmad-Mujtaba Mostakiem. With a team of 15, he works around the clock these days from a hotel, which is directly opposite the official vaccination location of Duisburg. However, it is closed. His makeshift practice in a hotel room is these days the only place in Duisburg where people can get an injection.
The doctor hopes that some prick doubters will be persuaded during the Christmas dinners to still be vaccinated. “And if that’s at two o’clock in the morning, we’ll give them the chance!” says Mostakiem. Although most people come to the injection marathon to get a booster.
Prashanth Saravanapan is a radiologist by day, but is now part of the injection team that works in three shifts. “We can say that more than a hundred people came by during the night. We think that’s great,” he told Tagesschau. According to him, there was a few among them who had themselves pricked for the first time.
