Corona vaccine as early as 2020? Spahn Ministry answers - and insists on "internal discussions"

There are currently many hopes for a corona vaccine.

According to a report, the Ministry of Health under Jens Spahn has now sent a telling letter to the state governments.

• Vaccine

  research * is under high pressure, and

  not just in view of the second

  corona wave

  *

  .

• Hitherto, in

  Germany

  no vaccine against the

  SARS-CoV-2

  virus * approved.

• According to a newspaper report,

  Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU *) is

  now

  giving

  hope.

Update from October 23, 11:22 a.m

.: The Federal

Health has responded to a media report on a

in Germany

- and remains in its assessment that the first vaccinations will likely be possible in the first months of

.

It is still assumed that

a vaccine could be available in

, said a spokesman for the ministry on Friday at the request of the

. 

The

spokesman for the

ministry did

not want to comment on

the

report, as it was an

.

Federal Health

and Research

had recently spoken of the first possible vaccinations in the first quarter of 2021 and for the broad mass of the population from the middle of next year.

Spahn advocates that

initially be given

the option to be vaccinated and has repeatedly emphasized that there will be no

.

Corona in Germany: vaccine as early as 2020?

Spahn with a clear statement - first preparations have been made

First report from October 23

: Berlin - Will the

in the corona pandemic come earlier than many believe?

According to a newspaper report, the

specific preparations for possible vaccinations against

this year.

As the

newspaper reported in its Friday edition, this week the Federal Ministry of Health asked the

by post to provide

the addresses of

for the vaccine

by

.

A total of

such centers are

to be built nationwide

.

According to the

, the vaccination centers are necessary to guarantee the effectiveness of the vaccine.

This has to be

cooled

at

, but many medical practices lack the necessary high-performance

.

Spahn gives hope - will the corona vaccine come in 2020?

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- BILD (@BILD) October 22, 2020

Coronavirus vaccination in Germany?

According to the report, Spahn: "Could happen before the end of the year"

In a video conference of the health

week,

Health Minister

is said

to have declared according to the newspaper report that the Mainz company

to

a vaccine.

When asked when he expected the first vaccinations, Spahn said in the group:

quoted

participants at the conference.

Work is currently under high pressure around the globe on vaccines against the novel virus.

Biontech works together with the

.

There are more than 40 substances in

worldwide

.

(AFP / frs)