Germany aims to have first risk groups vaccinated in January

FILE PHOTO: German Health Minister Jens Spahn wears a protective mask before the weekly cabinet meeting of the German government at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, November 25, 2020. Michael Kappeler/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany aims to have the first vulnerable people and caregivers vaccinated against the coronavirus in January, the health minister said on Tuesday, as the European Union's (EU) most populous country battles a second wave.

"But it remains true, and we have always said, that the cold winter months, in which we spend more time indoors, will be the harder part. That actually applies until the end of winter," Jens Spahn told public broadcaster Deutschlandfunk.