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Vaccination hammer: After the debacle at the start of vaccination - Biontech makes forward-looking proposal

2020-12-30T21:44:43.213Z


Coronavirus pandemic hyperbaric chamber: At the start of corona vaccinations in Germany, there are always breakdowns and delays. The news ticker.


Coronavirus pandemic hyperbaric chamber: At the start of corona vaccinations in Germany, there are always breakdowns and delays.

The news ticker.

  • Coronavirus pandemic in Germany

    : The number of

    Covid 19 cases

    is

    very high nationwide

    in

    December

    and around

    New Year's Eve

    .

  • Corona * risk groups

    and particularly important medical personnel have been

    vaccinated

    against the insidious

    coronavirus *

    in

    Germany

    since December 27th

    .

  • The delivery of tens of thousands of

    vaccine doses to Berlin

    fails without replacement - huge criticism of the plans by

    Health Minister Jens Spahn

    .

    (

    see update from December 30th, 1 p.m.

    )

  • This

    news ticker

    is constantly updated.

Update from December 30, 10:12 p.m.:

According to information from

Spiegel

,

Biontech

has

submitted

an application to

the European Medicines Agency

Ema

to change the approval conditions.

This is an important step because it could make millions of additional

vaccinations

possible.

Doctors have so far been allowed to withdraw five vaccine doses from a vial provided.

In the future, six should be allowed - according to the report, the Mainz manufacturer is committed to this.

Because leftovers have been disposed of so far.

Der

Spiegel

had already learned from Ema beforehand that it would “quickly” examine such an application, if it was submitted.

In other countries six doses are possible if the extraction succeeds.

Health Minister

Spahn

had already spoken out in favor of obtaining six vaccine doses from the bottles.

Corona vaccination in Germany: Ministry of Health reacts to reports of delivery failures

Update from December 30th, 4.48 p.m.:

After the reports about the

failure of the vaccine deliveries

in the first week of January, the

Federal Ministry of Health

from Jens Spahn (CDU)

*

reacted.

It announced on

Twitter

: "We have agreed with BioNTech that the next vaccine delivery of 670,000 doses - as originally planned - will take place next week, on January 8, 2021." According to this, all

federal states

should now be

in the first Received new vaccine shipments in the week of January.

We have agreed with #BioNTech that the next vaccine delivery of 670,000 doses - as originally planned - will take place next week, on January 8, 2021.

@BioNTech_Group

- BMG (@BMG_Bund) December 30, 2020

A

health ministry

spokesman

told

Focus Online

that

1.3 million vaccine

doses had been delivered by the

end of this year

.

"Today's delivery also covers the first week of January according to Biontech's planning," he added.

Following January 8th, the next delivery should take place on January 18th.

After that there should be a

delivery

every Monday every

week

.

Corona vaccinations in Germany: failure of deliveries in the first week of January

Update of 30 December, 15:23:

From the

failure of the vaccine deliveries

in the first week of January is not only Berlin,

Brandenburg

and

Bavaria

affected.

"This affects

all federal states

equally," said Brandenburg Health Minister

Ursula Nonnemacher

(Greens) at a press conference on Wednesday.

There are currently

delivery problems

with the corona vaccine.

Update from December 30th, 2:58 p.m.:

In addition to Berlin, the federal states of

Brandenburg

and

Bavaria should

not receive any further corona vaccine

in the first week of January

.

"The state of Brandenburg will also not receive any vaccine delivery in the first week of January," the relevant state health ministry announced on

Twitter

on Wednesday 

 .

The country #Brandenburg will not receive any vaccine delivery in the first week of January either - countries received this information today.

https://t.co/ItVGhEju7M

- MSGIV Brandenburg (@MSGIV_BB) December 30, 2020

The Bavarian Health Minister

Melanie Huml

(CSU) announced on Wednesday: "As we learned from the federal government today,

Bavaria

will

probably not receive a vaccine

delivery

in the first week of January - contrary to the previous promise." For her it is incomprehensible, like a complete

delivery

can simply be omitted

with the current

infection

numbers, she criticized.

Corona vaccinations in Germany: huge criticism from Berlin of Jens Spahn's plans

Update from December 30th, 1 p.m

.: The

vaccination start in Germany

or its organization is bumpy.

Specifically: As the

Berliner Zeitung

reported on Wednesday afternoon, there will be no further

vaccine against the insidious corona virus

for the federal capital with its around 3.7 million inhabitants in the first week of January

.

Accordingly, it should only start again from January 11th.

Berlin

should actually have received a further 29,250 vaccine doses on January 11th.

"We have now received the message from the Federal Ministry of Health that the delivery will be canceled without replacement in the first calendar week," explained Health Senator Dilek Kalayci (SPD): "This is now causing us great difficulties because we have made our plans based on these commitments. "

Berlin

would have

needed the

expected

Covid 19 vaccination doses

“to be able to start with the over 80s.

Of course we can't do that now, ”continued Kalayci.

She criticized the

vaccination plans

on the part of the federal government.

Kalayci said urgently: “I have a request to the federal government to organize the delivery a little more stably and quickly.

We can't prepare everything here and then get such a brake.

I'm pissed off.

The shortage of the

vaccine

remains a problem for the vaccination start in

Germany

. "

+

Under pressure in the Corona crisis: Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) and Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU).

© imago images / photothek

Corona vaccinations in Germany: the largest vaccination center in Berlin is closing again

Update from December 29th, 4 p.m

.: The breakdowns around the start of the

corona vaccination in Germany *

are endless.

Long queues formed in

Berlin's

largest

vaccination center

in the

Treptow

district

at the start of

vaccinations

against the insidious

corona virus

on Sunday (December 27).

However, as the

picture

reports, not as many people were vaccinated as intended.

According to this, just 228 injections were given on Sunday, and fewer people than planned came for

vaccinations

on Monday

.

The reason: In the old people's and nursing homes in the capital, hardly any employees were released for

vaccinations

between the years due to a lack of staff

.

According to the order they should be the first * to be

vaccinated

in

Germany

alongside the

Covid 19 risk groups

.

Because so few nurses actually come to the appointments planned for them, the largest

vaccination center in Berlin

will close

for four days over New Year's Eve and New Year, the report said.

Actually,

up to 5,000 corona vaccinations are

planned

in Treptow every day

.

But the start remains bumpy.

Corona vaccinations in Germany: Stralsund case - woman is still in the clinic after five times the dose

Update from December 29th, 3:30 p.m

.: After

Covid-19 vaccinations broke down in a Stralsund nursing home

, more and more details are becoming known.

As a spokesman for the

district of Western Pomerania-Rügen reported

on Tuesday, a woman

is still being treated in a clinic

because of the increased

corona vaccination dose

.

She therefore suffers from flu-like symptoms such as headaches or dizziness.

The other seven people affected were discharged from the hospital on Sunday, the same day the vaccination mishap occurred.

Eight nursing home workers were accidentally given five times the vaccine dose on Sunday.

How did it come about?

Then the eight glasses were all that 40 people were supposed to be vaccinated with.

Spokesman for the district of Western Pomerania-Rügen

Contrary to the instructions of the

vaccine manufacturer Biontech / Pfizer

, a nurse mixed the contents of the glasses with the correct amount of saline solution.

Then she gave the doctor syringes with the full content instead of just a fifth of the volume for vaccination.

“She did that eight times.

Then the eight glasses were all that were supposed to be vaccinated for 40 people, "said a spokesman for the district.

Corona vaccinations in Germany: Member of the Bundestag from Stuttgart criticizes appointment allocation

Update from December 29, 12:08 p.m

.: "It cannot be that you start a vaccination campaign and then cannot get any appointments," said

Karin Maag,

health policy spokeswoman for the Union parliamentary group, to the

Augsburger Allgemeine

.

The member of the Bundestag from Stuttgart wanted to arrange a vaccination appointment for her 85-year-old mother on the service hotline 116117 - in vain.

“These are rookie mistakes.

That annoys me

, "she told the newspaper.

Maag

demanded that Health Minister

Jens Spahn

should develop a uniform strategy with his country colleagues to make it easier to make appointments.

The federal government provides the vaccines, but the federal states and districts themselves take care of the distribution and, above all, the organization. Therefore, appointments are made differently in each federal state.

Sometimes appointments are automatically distributed and only communicated by post.

Elsewhere, appointments must be booked over the phone or on the Internet.

The nationwide patient service, which

can be reached

on

116117

, is also used, but not in every federal state.

Politicians as Corona vaccination model?

I have been asked about it several times.

I like to get vaccinated even if it's not my turn yet.

What do you mean?

- Karin Maag (@MaagKarin) December 22, 2020

In Bavaria, appointments must be made directly at the

responsible vaccination center

.

The Ministry of Health offers a postcode search that can be used to find the correct telephone number.

An

online booking system

is still under construction and should be activated in January.

Vaccine breakdown in Upper Franconia: has the cold chain been broken?

Update from December 28, 9:52 p.m

.: The

corona vaccine

should be stored at minus 70 degrees.

It became clear in Upper Franconia (Bavaria) that the problem lies in the details.

A planned vaccination was stopped twice because there were doubts about the correct cooling.

But the error has now apparently been found: One of the reasons for the differing data was probably that the sensor itself was too warm.

This had not been pre-cooled.

All vaccines from this transport now have to be tested again.

.

Vaccination start in Germany: Pfizer vaccine contains more active ingredient than needed

Update from December 28th, 3:10 p.m.:

Surprising news from the Federal Ministry of Health.

The

vaccination bottles of

a corona vaccine are in focus.

The bottles are designed for five cans.

But

six vaccinations can

be obtained from it, according to an information paper available to the AFP news agency.

The vials supplied by Pfizer and Biontech thus apparently contain

more vaccine

than necessary.

Is this great news, especially given the ongoing delivery problems?

Unfortunately there is a catch.

The withdrawal of six cans from a single bottle is

not covered

by the

EU approval

.

Doctors treating the patient would be putting themselves at legal risk.

Each vaccine dose must

contain

0.3 millimeters of the vaccine

, explains the ministry further.

Mixing is strictly prohibited, however.

Under no circumstances should excess

vaccine

from several vials be poured together to form one dose.

It is the responsibility of the vaccinating doctor to ensure that they have 0.3 milliliters of the vaccine in their syringe.

Germany: Corona vaccinations breakdown - Several vaccinated people after five times the dose in hospital as a precaution

Update from December 28, 1:50 p.m

.: Serious breakdown during the first

corona vaccinations in Germany

!

Due to individual errors in the preparation of the

vaccine

, eight employees of a

nursing home in Stralsund were

given five times the dose of the

corona vaccine

on Sunday (December 27)

.

The district administrator of the Vorpommern-Rügen district, Stefan Kerth (SPD) announced this Monday.

Accordingly, four of the eight people affected showed

flu-like symptoms

.

As a precaution, they were admitted to a hospital for observation, it is said.

Local reactions at the injection site and flu-like symptoms occurred in a dose-dependent manner and were generally mild to moderate and temporary, according to the district.

Manufacturer

Biontech

confirmed this information.

According to

Biontech

, test subjects in the

vaccine

tests were given

up to 100 micrograms without serious consequences.

The usual dose is 30 micrograms, according to the manufacturer.

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Sindelfingen: A man is vaccinated in a nursing home by a member of a mobile vaccination team at the Stuttgart Clinic with a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

(Symbol image)

© Marijan Murat / dpa

Coronavirus vaccinations in Germany: Jens Spahn - No privileges for corona vaccinated people

Update from December 28, 12 noon:

Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn (CDU)

rejects privileges for

corona-vaccinated people

.

 “Many are waiting in solidarity so that some can be vaccinated first.

And those who have not yet been vaccinated expect the vaccinated to be patient in solidarity, "said Spahn to the newspapers of the

Funke media group:

" Nobody should demand special rights until everyone has had the chance to be

vaccinated

.

We are fighting

the

pandemic

together - and we will only overcome it together: "

Corona vaccinations in Germany: vaccination start against the coronavirus started too late?

First report from December 28th

:

Munich -

Germany

has been

vaccinated

against

Covid-19

*

since December 27th

.

In the middle of the

hard lockdown

*

it started.

Too late?

At least that's what the boss of a

vaccination center in Saxony-Anhalt

claims

.

“It was always said: at Corona, every day counts.

We had the vaccine on Saturday and were ready - then why should we wait until Sunday?

Nobody understands that.

I'm glad we got started right away, ”said Immo Kramer, vaccination boss in the Harz district, of the

picture

.

Coronavirus vaccinations in Germany: In the Harz (Saxony-Anhalt) vaccinations were carried out a day earlier

He and his helpers just started earlier, on December 26th, Boxing Day.

Federal

Minister of

Health Jens Spahn (CDU)

and

Saxony-Anhalt's Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff (CDU) *

knew about it - nothing at all!

And they looked pretty much taken by surprise.

"We all EU partner countries and with the 16 states agreed to deliver and on Saturday all starting Sunday to start together with the vaccination," a spokesman said

Spahn

of the

Bild newspaper

.

Saxony-Anhalt's head of state Haseloff

said: “I heard about it from the Federal Minister via SMS and was just as surprised as he was.

But I can only explain it this way, that the pressure has built up there to get started as quickly as possible. "

Coronavirus vaccinations in Germany: Sharp criticism of the vaccination start policy by Jens Spahn (CDU)

Meanwhile

, Kramer, a man in the first line of

Corona

*

vaccination, continues to

build pressure

on federal politics.

“You know, we work here for our Harz population, for people who live here and not for individual politicians who want to give the go-ahead or cut a ribbon.

This is our obligation and we want to meet it, "he said to the

picture

:" I see no medical or logistical reason to hold such a Zinnober here (

unnecessary effort, d. Ed

.).

When we are ready, we want to get started.

The people here in the

Harz

want to be vaccinated. "

Among other things, due to advertisements from

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission

, the EU member states had agreed to start vaccination on the same day.

And that obviously does not meet with understanding everywhere.

(pm)

* Merkur.de is part of the Germany-wide Ippen-Digital editors network

List of rubric lists: © picture alliance / dpa |

Michael Kappeler

Source: merkur

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