Sharp movements! The pilot flies in the shape of a SYRINGE over Germany to celebrate the launch of Covid vaccines in Europe
- Samy Kramer said he hopes the feat will be a fun way to raise awareness
- The flight took off over the German city of Friedrichscafen on Wednesday
- Germany started vaccinating vulnerable residents on Saturday, with most other EU nations following on Sunday
A pilot traced the image of a syringe in the skies over Germany to commemorate the launch of coronavirus vaccination campaigns across Europe.
Samy Kramer said he hoped the feat would be “a fun and unconventional way to raise awareness”.
Most European Union countries started vaccinating vulnerable people on Sunday, while Hungary, Slovakia and Germany started the day before.
Kramer flew to the skies on Wednesday in a Diamond DA20 single-engine aircraft.
FlightRadar24.com flight tracking data showed the small plane tracing a syringe image above Friedrichshafen, a German city 126 km from Stuttgart.
“It was to serve as a reminder to people and raise awareness that the vaccine will be available,” Kramer told Reuters news agency.
A pilot traced the image of a syringe in the skies over Germany to commemorate the launch of coronavirus vaccination campaigns across Europe. In the photo: the syringe-shaped flight route seen on FlightRadar24.com
Pilot Samy Kramer is pictured in the plane’s cabin while flying above Friedrichshafen, a German city 126 km (78 miles) from Stuttgart
Kramer flew to the skies on Wednesday in a small white and blue Diamond DA20 single-propeller plane, pictured
Kramer’s flight came just days before Germany and other European countries started vaccinating vulnerable residents against the coronavirus.
The campaign was due to start on Sunday, but Germany began vaccinating residents in a nursing home in Halberstadt, in the Harz mountain range, on Saturday.
“Every day we hope for is another day,” said Tobias Krueger, a nursing home operator.
The first person to be immunized with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was Edith Kwoizalla, 101, the dpa news agency reported.
Krueger said 40 of the 59 residents of the house wanted vaccination along with 10 of the 40 or so workers.
Karen Sievers, 84, (left) is inoculated with the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine by Dr. Dirk Heinrich in a nursing home in Hamburg on Sunday
A man received the vaccine at a nursing home in Bad Windsheim, Germany, on Sunday, as part of the launch in Europe
He was among those immunized, but added: ‘I understand the concerns too’.
Mass vaccination across the European Union, where almost 450 million people live, would be a crucial step in ending a pandemic that killed more than 1.7 million worldwide, affected economies and destroyed businesses and jobs.
The launch gives hope to some of the most affected countries in the world. At least 16 million coronavirus cases have been reported across the EU, with more than 360,000 deaths.
This occurs when cases of the new coronavirus variant first detected in the United Kingdom were reported in France, Spain and Sweden.