Despite delivery bottlenecks and vaccination chaos: More and more high-risk patients in Germany are being vaccinated against the coronavirus.
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Coronavirus pandemic in Germany
: The number of
Covid 19 cases
is still high in January 2021.
Millions of doses of coronavirus * vaccine
from US manufacturer
Pfizer
are
unlikely to
come as planned.
The death of a
senior citizen
shortly after the
corona vaccination made
headlines.
Update from January 18,
12:14 p.m.: 1,048,160 people in Germany received the first corona vaccination, as the current situation report from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) shows on Sunday evening.
The corona vaccine is still scarce.
According to Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn, the delivery bottleneck was announced by Pfizer on Friday “a little at short notice”.
“Basically, we had the expectation that the delivery quantities would be met,” said Spahn on Monday at a press conference.
Pfizer is the key partner when it comes to delivery data and sales, says Spahn.
Planning vaccination appointments on site is so difficult.
Due to renovation work at the Pfizer plant in Puurs (Belgium), vaccine deliveries to Germany will be reduced in the next two to three weeks, the minister said.
During the construction work, the production capacities are to be expanded, but unfortunately this leads to delivery restrictions.
Biontech had already announced that it would be returning to the original schedule for deliveries from January 25th
(see also the update from January 16, 9:58 a.m.).
Corona vaccination - threshold of one million exceeded
Update from January 16, 8:34 p.m.:
On Saturday,
the number of
one million vaccinations was
exceeded
in
Germany
.
The
Robert Koch Institute
(RKI) reported a total of 1,048,160 vaccinations on Saturday, 79,759 more than the previous day.
The vaccination rate rose to
1.26 percent
.
So far, the first of two vaccine doses has been injected almost exclusively.
On Friday, some people in a nursing home in Halberstadt in
Saxony-Anhalt received
the
second dose for the first
time.
Since the vaccination campaign began around three weeks ago, the number of complete vaccinations should increase significantly in the coming days.
After the second injection, it usually takes
a week
before
full vaccination protection is
assumed.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
remains the front runner when it
comes to
vaccinations,
with a vaccination rate of 2.34 percent, ahead of
Schleswig-Holstein
with 1.92 percent.
Baden-Württemberg
comes in last
with a rate of 0.90 percent, behind Thuringia with 1.03 percent.
All-clear in Weyhe near Bremen: Senior woman did not die of corona vaccination
Update from January 16, 3:50 p.m.:
In
Weyhe near Bremen
in the Diepholz district, the vaccination of a senior citizen made headlines on Thursday.
The 90-year-old died in a senior citizens' residence just a few hours after being vaccinated against the coronavirus.
After the unexpected
death
in the
senior facility,
the
district of Diepholz had
informed
the state of
Lower Saxony
and the
Paul Ehrlich Institute
.
The shock was great.
Now the
public prosecutor's office in Verden has given the all-clear
and published the
results
of
the
obstruction of
the
deceased.
As the Kreiszeitung, a partner portal of the Ippen-Digital network, reports, forensic doctors
could not find any connection between the corona vaccination and the death of
the 90-year-old woman.
"A final assessment by the Paul Ehrlich Institute remains to be seen," said the district.
Lothar Wieler, President of the Robert Koch Institute, had
pointed out
even before the EU approval of the
Biontech preparation
that, due to the statistical probability, “people will die in connection with the vaccination”.
Solution for Germany's vaccination chaos?
Biontech and Pfizer changes recommendations for action
Update from January 16, 2:02 p.m.:
Could a change in transport
solve
the
vaccination problems
in
Germany
?
At least vaccination with the
vaccine from
the Mainz-based
pharmaceutical company Biontech
and its US partner
Pfizer
could now be easier.
After new tests and data on the
stability of the vaccine
, the manufacturer updated its
recommendations for action
on Saturday
.
Accordingly, the vaccine can be transported as a finished dose in the syringe for up to six hours at 2 to 8 degrees.
This could make the
mobile use
of vaccination doses
easier,
for example in
nursing homes
.
So far, the already
diluted vaccine
could not be transported between
facilities
(e.g. vaccination center - nursing home).
That can change now: The Biontech * agent could already be
diluted
in the
vaccination centers
* and be
carefully transported
as a prepared
dose in the syringe
in special boxes
within a maximum of six hours
.
Federal Health
Minister Jens Spahn
(CDU *) told the German Press Agency on Saturday that the federal states could
now organize
the
vaccination campaign more flexibly
.
"The fact that finished vaccination doses in syringes can in future be prepared for transport in the vaccination centers is very practical in the
fight against the pandemic
."
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This is how the coronavirus vaccine is transported in Germany at the moment
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dpa-infografik GmbH
Vaccine setback: Pfizer announces further delivery delays - Biontech receives vaccine production in Marburg approved
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 planned
Corona *
vaccine doses
do not
arrive
on time in the Federal Republic.
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 of 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 on 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 supply shortage 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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