The vaccinations against the corona virus start in Germany with many breakdowns.
There are delivery bottlenecks with the corona vaccine.
Germany has to react.
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Coronavirus pandemic in Germany
: The start of the
corona vaccination
runs with major breakdowns.
Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU)
*
is
sharply criticized
for planning the procurement of
vaccine
against
Covid-19
*
.
There is also sharp criticism of the organization of individual federal states.
This
news ticker
on
coronavirus vaccinations in Germany *
is updated regularly.
Update from January 6,
10:50 a.m .:
For the full protective effect of the
corona vaccine
from
Biontech / Pfizer
, two injections are necessary about three weeks apart.
Since the vaccine is scarce in this country, however, there are considerations
to
postpone
the
second dose in
order to be able to give the first dose to as many people as possible.
Experts
are aware
disagree
in their assessments in a delayed administration of the second dose.
"In this particular pandemic situation, it is justifiable to use the vaccine doses that are now available to enable as many people as possible to have the first immunization and
to catch up with
the second vaccination with a delay, but
mandatory within 60 days
," writes the
Society for Immunology
in a statement .
Corona vaccination: Postponing the second dose is justifiable according to WHO experts - Biontech warns
Advisors to the
World Health Organization (WHO)
consider it
justifiable
in
exceptional
cases to postpone the administration of the second dose by a few weeks.
Alejandro Cravitio
, chair of the WHO Expert Group on Immunizations (SAGE), recommended Tuesday that the second dose of the Biontech / Pfizer vaccine should be given 21 to 28 days after the first dose.
A
time extension
until the second vaccine dose is possible, however, in order to "maximize" the number of recipients of a first vaccine dose.
Biontech
had previously warned against such an approach.
Both the
European Medicines Agency (EMA)
as the approval authority and the manufacturer
Biontech
note that there is so far
no data
on whether the
protective effect
lasts longer than a few weeks after the first vaccination dose.
"I believe that people are not well protected after the first injection," said
Sebastian Ulbert
from the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology (IZI).
Published data on the immune response of test persons showed that the body
hardly produced any protective antibodies
after the first dose
.
Corona vaccination in Germany: European way "important and right goal"
Update from January 5, 9:09 p.m.:
The
federal government
sees the current vaccinations against the
corona virus
as important
"Perspective for a normalization of our everyday life."
Angela Merkel
emphasized this
at the
lockdown press conference
of the federal and state governments on Tuesday evening.
The Chancellor also made it clear that a common European way of ordering vaccines is an “
important and right goal
”.
With this, Merkel expressly stood behind Health Minister
Jens Spahn (CDU)
, who was harshly criticized in advance for the vaccine distribution.
Merkel stressed that Spahn was doing a “great job”.
According to the federal government, more
vaccine doses are
expected in the
second quarter
"overall, the
European Union
has ordered significantly more vaccine than is necessary to vaccinate the entire European Union," said Merkel on Tuesday.
The organizational
delivery problems
are to be further resolved: "The federal government will provide the federal states with reliable delivery times based on manufacturer reports in order
to enable
secure
schedule management
on site," explains the federal-state resolution.
In the run-up, criticism was voiced because a large part of the vaccine doses had not yet been distributed.
According to research by
Der Spiegel
, this is only just under 24 percent of the cans delivered.
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- Our World in Data (@OurWorldInData) January 4, 2021
Approval of the corona vaccine Moderna: EMA decision is expected for Wednesday
In terms of
vaccine approval
, the government did not want to anticipate the European approval authority.
An EMA decision on the approval of the
Moderna vaccine
is expected on Wednesday.
Then the EU Commission has to agree to what is considered a formality.
This would mean that two vaccines against the coronavirus would already be approved in the EU.
Update from January 5, 6:06 p.m .:
Corona risk groups
vaccinated
“day and night”
- the
director of the Institute of German Economy (IW)
, Michael Hüther,
requests this
.
People in retirement and nursing homes as well as German citizens over 70 years of age should be vaccinated much faster, Hüther criticized according to afp on Tuesday "for example also on
weekends, even at night
".
This is necessary "to avoid a further lockdown extension beyond January".
"Once the
risk groups have been vaccinated
, there is no longer any justification for a
comprehensive lockdown,
" according to Hüthner's plan.
After all, the economic consequences of the lockdown are already being felt.
The business representative further emphasized that
the lockdown costs
3.5 to five billion euros
every week
, and only if borders remain open, value chains and the global economy have the opportunity to stabilize.
Hüthner also criticizes
the high
entry barriers
for
state bridging
aid.
For many entrepreneurs, the question of
existence
arises in January
.
(vs)
The lockdown costs around 3.5 to 5 billion euros every week.
This makes it all the more important to have quick vaccinations on weekends, including at night.
The detailed comment from IW director @michael_huether https://t.co/BmSZ7JEV28
- Institute of the German Economy (@iw_koeln) January 5, 2021
Update from January 5, 5:38 p.m.:
On
Wednesday
,
Chancellor Angela Merkel
(CDU)
wants to
discuss new ways of accelerating vaccine production with some specialist ministers.
In addition to Health Minister Jens Spahn, Economics Minister Peter Altmaier and Chancellor Helge Braun (all CDU), Finance Minister Olaf Scholz (SPD) will also be there, as Spahn's spokesman Hanno Kautz said on Tuesday at the request of afp.
The meeting serves as an
exchange
"on the question of
whether and how the additional production of vaccines in Germany
can be supported
in a
coordinated manner".
Health Minister Jens Spahn was recently criticized for the procurement of vaccines.
Spahn announced that he would provide information on the current status on Wednesday afternoon.
FDP parliamentary group vice Michael Theurer
spoke of an "
apparently hastily convened crisis summit
on vaccine deficiency" that was overdue.
"Now the Chancellor has to deliver and actually iron out the errors and omissions of the Federal Government."
Vaccination disaster in Germany: pressure on European governments is growing
Update from January 5, 4:54 p.m.:
The pressure on the
governments of Europe is
growing
.
A slow start to vaccination
caused a wave of criticism.
The
EU
now appears to be responding to the allegations.
She is said to
have negotiated
with Biontech to
double the vaccine doses
.
The Spiegel reports from negotiating circles.
Accordingly, the new contract would
include
the purchase of an additional
100 million doses of the Biontech agent
and an option for an
additional 200 million
.
If this new contract is concluded, it would mean an overall availability of 600 million cans for the EU.
That would also have an impact on the
delivery bottlenecks in Germany
.
However, most of the delivery should only be possible in the second half of the year.
Because at the time of
signing
the
contract
with
Biontech it
was not yet clear how fast or successful the manufacturer would be, the
EU had only ordered 200 million cans
, less than from other manufacturers.
This triggered a lot of criticism in retrospect, but it is also justified by the difficult storage conditions of the vaccine
Vaccination disaster in Germany: family doctor raises serious allegations against politics - "We are not heard"
Update from January 5th, 12 noon:
The criticism of the
vaccination plans of the federal government
and the state governments in the respective federal states is unbroken.
A family doctor from
Saxony
has
now sharply criticized
the organization of
vaccinations against the corona virus *
and at the same time raised serious allegations against politics.
“The current system is not efficient.
For weeks we family doctors have been trying to get
involved in
the
corona vaccination
system
up to the Ministry of Social Affairs
.
Because we are well equipped, have the experience and millions of patients trust us, ”said general practitioner Dr.
med.
Klaus Lorenzen the
picture
and explained: "But we are not heard."
In his opinion, it is easier to have those over 80 years of age vaccinated by family doctors instead of quoting them in the vaccination centers.
“We all have refrigerators in which the thawed
Covid vaccine
can be stored for five days.
If only a thousand Saxon family doctors vaccinate 5 patients each Monday to Friday, that would be 25,000 per week. That can of course be increased! ", Said the vice-head of the Association of Family Doctors in
Saxony
.
Coronavirus vaccinations in Germany: Medical President calls for "binding resolutions" from Corona summit
Update from January 5th, 8.55 a.m.:
The President of the German Medical Association,
Klaus Reinhardt
, has called for a nationwide
uniform procedure
in the
corona vaccination campaign
.
Reinhardt told the newspapers of the
Funke media group that
“even and especially in a federal system” it must be possible for such an important task as combating the
corona pandemic
to proceed in a coordinated nationwide
manner
.
"A potpourri of country-specific regulations, which population groups are vaccinated first and how
vaccination appointments
can be arranged, only leads to uncertainty and calls into question crisis management", criticized the
doctor's president
.
People expect the federal states to
agree
on a
nationwide uniform procedure as
to when and where they would be vaccinated,
Reinhardt
said
.
For this purpose,
“binding resolutions” are required
at the
Corona summit
on Tuesday.
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Klaus Reinhardt, President of the German Medical Association.
© picture alliance / dpa |
Wolfgang Kumm
Corona vaccination in Germany: Spahn wants to offer everyone a vaccination by summer
Update from January 4, 10:33 p.m.:
Federal Health
Minister
Jens Spahn
has again rejected criticism of the vaccine
procurement
.
“First of all, from my point of view, it is still right to have gone and to go this European path,” said the CDU politician on Monday evening in the ZDF “heute journal”.
Right from the start, the company relied on several manufacturers because it was not clear who would get there first.
"The fact that we now have so little at the beginning that we have to prioritize has nothing to do with the order quantity, i.e. how much we have ordered, but has something to do with the fact that production capacity is now scarce at the beginning."
Spahn further affirmed: "The goal is actually that we can
offer everyone a vaccination in Germany
by the
summer
." But that also depends on further vaccine approvals.
At the same time, they are working on ensuring that production at Biontech can be ramped up, for example, through a new plant in Marburg.
Corona vaccinations in Germany: Spahn wants to take the pandemic "part of its horror"
“If we manage - and that is the goal with the federal states in
January
- to vaccinate all nursing home residents, if we subsequently manage to vaccinate all over 75 and all over 80 year olds, then we will take this pandemic away already a large part of their horror. "
Update from January 4, 9:30 p.m.:
Solutions are apparently being sought under high pressure as to how
more vaccinations against the insidious lung disease can be made possible
from existing
corona vaccine ampoules
.
As NRW Health Minister Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU) said this Monday, no longer just five doses per ampoule are expected, but 5.5.
Corona vaccinations in Germany: the wait for the Moderna vaccine continues
Update from January 4th, 9 p.m.:
The
European Medicines Agency (EMA)
has
postponed
the decision on the recommendation of the
Corona vaccine from Moderna
for the EU to Wednesday.
Update from January 4, 5:30 p.m
.: According to media reports,
Moderna's corona vaccine is
to be approved this Monday - and thus earlier than planned.
Germany
has ordered tens of millions of doses of the
coronavirus vaccine
.
+
Should be before approval: the corona vaccine from Moderna.
© imago images / Sven Simon
Corona vaccinations in Germany: Corona vaccination start is developing into a political debacle
First report from January 4th
: Munich / Düsseldorf - Why was so little ordered?
Why does it take so long?
The
start of vaccination
against the insidious
coronavirus
* is
developing
more and more into a political debacle
in
Germany
.
A report from
North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) is
also causing irritation
.
As
NRW Health Minister Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU)
announced this Monday in
Düsseldorf
, his state has received
280,000 vaccine doses
so far
.
Half of that will be kept for the second vaccination, which begins January 18, he said.
Corona vaccinations in Germany: North Rhine-Westphalia is waiting for hundreds of thousands of vaccine doses
And: By February 15,
NRW
will
receive around 920,000 additional doses, Laumann said, so that another 460,000 people could then be vaccinated.
As the largest German state,
North Rhine-Westphalia
has an estimated 17.9 million inhabitants.
Since the second dose is given two weeks after the first
vaccination
,
according to various reports,
600,000 people
in
North Rhine-Westphalia will
have been
vaccinated against the coronavirus
by the end of February
.
As virologists affirm in unison and almost like a prayer wheel, around two thirds of the population in
Germany
must be
vaccinated
against
Corona
*
to ensure
herd immunity
against the virus.
For North Rhine-Westphalia this would mean vaccinating 11.8 million people.
Corona vaccinations in Germany: Herd immunity would be achieved in NRW in two and a half years
Ergo: If the
vaccinations were to proceed
at the same pace,
herd immunity
in
North Rhine-Westphalia would
only be guaranteed after less than two and a half years.
By Sunday evening, January 3, had in
Germany
, according to
the Robert Koch Institute (RKI)
more than 238,000 people their first dose against the
coronavirus
obtained.
As
Welt
calculated
live
on Monday, as many people were vaccinated in the first eight days of the vaccination campaign as the federal government actually intends for a single day.
(pm)
* Merkur.de and wa.de are part of the Germany-wide Ippen-Digital editorial network