Just a few weeks ago, Berlin-Tegel Airport was retired and replaced by the newly built BER. A vaccination center is now being built there.

In the building of the former Tegel airport, the next vaccination center is scheduled to open in a week - from February 10, 200 people will be vaccinated against the coronavirus there initially. According to plans by the Senate, the new preparation from AstraZeneca will be used in the former airport - the vaccine from the British-Swedish manufacturer is only recommended in Germany for patients aged 18 to 64 years. For the time being, the not yet vaccinated nursing staff from retirement homes and outpatient services are to be called to the local vaccination center. Then there are those Berliners from risk groups who are younger than 65 years of age. This emerges from preliminary plans by the Senate and aid organizations. Those involved want to rehearse the process in Tegel at the weekend. In the medium term, the Senate expects to administer up to 2000 vaccinations per day in Tegel, reports the Tagesspiegel. The former airport is the fourth of six planned vaccination centers in the city.