FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German pilot Samy Kramer traced a giant syringe in the air and flew 200 kilometers to remind people of the start of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Europe.
The 20-year-old pilot mapped out the route he should take on a GPS device before taking to the air at Lake Constance in southern Germany. The syringe-shaped route appeared on the flightradar24 internet site.
“There are still a relatively large number of people who are against vaccination and my action can remind them to think about the topic, to get things moving,” Kramer told Reuters TV on Sunday, adding that his flight was not like a direct call may be understood. be vaccinated.
“Maybe it was also a bit of a sign of joy, as the aviation industry has been hit quite hard by the pandemic,” said Kramer.
Germany officially launched its COVID-19 vaccination campaign on Sunday. The federal government plans to provide more than 1.3 million vaccine doses to local health authorities by the end of this year and about 700,000 per week as of January.
Reporting by Arno Schuetze; Editing by Kirsten Donovan