Due to delivery bottlenecks, Germany could be missing up to 2.6 million corona vaccination doses.
The countries react to a crisis meeting with little amusement.
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany
: The number of
Covid 19 cases
is still high in January 2021.
In this mixed situation,
Germany
has to
accept the next setback
with the
corona vaccinations
.
Millions of doses of coronavirus * vaccine
from US manufacturer
Pfizer
are
unlikely to
come as planned.
Update from January 16, 9:58 a.m.:
The world is still struggling with the
corona virus
.
While new mutations are spreading globally,
manufacturers
are trying
everything to provide as many countries as possible with new vaccine doses as quickly as possible.
In Germany, this is particularly true for the Mainz-based company Biontech and its US partner Pfizer.
At Pfizer, however, this initially leads to delays.
The Federal Ministry of Health had announced that Biontech / Pfizer would reduce their
vaccine deliveries
to
Germany
and other European countries
for three to four weeks
due
to renovation
work at a
Pfizer plant in Puurs, Belgium
.
"The
federal and state
health
ministers take note of this very short-term and unexpected communication from the Commission and Pfizer with regret," said the Ministry's announcement.
The plant in
Puurs
supplies all countries except the
USA
.
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In the fight against the corona virus: Biontech partner Pfizer wants to further expand its vaccine production in Puur, Belgium.
© Jonas Roosens
Authorities approve vaccine production by Biontech in Marburg, Hesse
In the longer term,
however
, the
production capacities are
to be increased considerably.
"From the week of January 25th, we will return to the original delivery schedule,"
Biontech
declared
in Mainz on Friday.
After 100 percent of the
vaccine doses guaranteed in Europe
could
initially be
delivered,
deliveries
would
even increase
from February 15
.
A new
production facility
in
Marburg
,
Hesse, will also
contribute to this.
The site got the green light from the authorities on Friday.
Millions of vaccine deliveries are missing - countries learn about it from the media
Update from January 15, 6.46 p.m.:
Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU)
informed
his
country colleagues
this afternoon
about the possible lack of vaccination doses from Biontech and Pfizer (see original message from 3 p.m.) in a
crisis meeting
.
Only then did the news run across all media channels.
According
to information from the
picture,
the health ministers of the federal states
reacted accordingly
"pissed off"
.
Something like this should "not be found out from the media", was said at the meeting.
Vaccine breakdown at Pfizer - Pfizer boss wants to catch up according to von der Leyen
Update from January 15, 5 p.m .:
Despite delivery delays for the
corona vaccine
, the US pharmaceutical
company Pfizer has
announced that all
vaccine doses
guaranteed to the EU for the first quarter
will also be delivered in this
quarter
.
The CEO of
Pfizer
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised that in a phone call.
“He personally takes care of shortening the delay time and ensuring that it is made up as quickly as possible,” reports von der Leyen.
Due to renovation work at the Belgian
Pfizer plant
in Puurs, the group
informed
the German
Ministry of Health
about a temporary reduction in deliveries
on Friday
.
Corona vaccine in Germany: US company Pfizer announces delivery delays
Original message from January 15, 3 p.m .:
Munich / Berlin - The next damper for
Germany
in the fight against the
coronavirus
*
!
Apparently, the millions of planned
Corona *
vaccine doses
do not
arrive
on time in Germany.
Coronavirus vaccine: next vaccination disaster for Germany - Pfizer delivery sometimes does not come
According to various media reports, the
US pharmaceutical company Pfizer
Europe has warned against delivery cuts.
"The temporary cut will affect all European countries," said the state health institute in Oslo, the Norwegian authorities had been informed of the delivery bottlenecks.
According to
Bild
,
Germany
is currently
lacking
significant amounts of the planned
vaccine
.
This involves around 2.6 million
vaccination
doses, i.e. for
vaccinations of around 1.3 million people
.
Coronavirus vaccinations in Germany: Health Minister Jens Spahn calls a crisis meeting
As
Bild
further reports,
Federal
Health Minister
Jens Spahn (CDU)
convened a short-term crisis meeting with the health ministers of the federal states this Friday afternoon (January 15).
This conference will discuss how to proceed - and probably also about the communication of the
next vaccination disaster.
What are the reasons for the delivery bottleneck from the United States?
According to the
Norwegian Institute for Public Health
, the US group, which is working on development with the German company Biontech from Mainz, has given restructuring as a reason, which is in connection with planned capacity expansions in the production of vaccines.
Corona vaccinations in Germany: Patience is still required with the Covid-19 vaccines
Waiting for larger quantities of the
corona
vaccines
- more and more patience is required.
And for now there is no end in sight.
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