Vaccinating instead of getting married – hundreds of interested parties came to the Marble Hall of Mirabell Palace
The invitation to the corona vaccination in the marble hall of Mirabell Palace in the city of Salzburg triggered an enormous rush on Friday afternoon.
Hundreds of people wanted to say “Yes, I do” about the vaccination in the later wedding hall. In winter conditions, the queue extends through the castle courtyard to Mirabellplatz or Rainerstraße. The Red Cross had to set up four vaccination routes. As of 4:45 p.m., 250 people willing to be vaccinated have had their first, second or third stitch. The vaccination routes are open until at least 7 p.m.
Salzburg’s Mayor Harald Preuner said: “I am delighted that we as a city can provide a further incentive by providing the marble hall to get even more people to vaccinate. Vaccination is the way we can finally end this pandemic.”
It was now the third, very strikingly staged vaccination campaign in the state capital in the past few weeks.
- On Tuesday, November 9th, 492 people were vaccinated against the Covid-19 infection in an Airbus as the crow flies, Eurowings, at Salzburg Airport. Almost half of them were first vaccinations.
- On Saturday, November 20, 725 people again took advantage of an extraordinary vaccination opportunity at Salzburg Airport. Two shuttle buses from the airport and a Hercules C-130 transport machine operated by the armed forces served as vaccination routes.
With actions of this kind, the state of Salzburg will tend to raise the morale in vaccination. Of the targeted 80 percent full immunization, according to the country’s dashboard, only 71 percent of people aged twelve and over have recently complied.