The planning of coronavirus vaccinations in Germany is criticized in many places.
Now a mayor from Hessen makes no secret of his displeasure.
Now North Rhine-Westphalia is pulling the rip cord.
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany
: The number of
Covid 19 cases
is high at the beginning of 2021 and there is a
tough corona lockdown with strict rules
.
In this situation, the hopes rest on the
vaccines against the coronavirus
.
But in many places the
vaccinations against Corona
do not even start
due to missing
vaccine
doses - a mayor from
Hesse
is now venting his anger.
Update from January 20, 10:24 a.m
.: The state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) imposes an
immediate vaccination ban in hospitals
that are
supplied
with
Biontech vaccine
.
The reasons are delivery problems, according to an email from the Ministry of Health, which the German Press Agency has received.
A ministry spokesman confirmed the authenticity of the letter on Wednesday.
Several media had previously reported.
Pfizer announced at short notice last Friday that it would reduce the delivery quantities of the Biontech corona vaccine.
Modifications at a plant in Belgium are the reason for this.
The federal and state governments had criticized the short-term information on this.
NRW had actually planned to make a vaccination offer to "all hospital employees in hospital areas particularly affected by Corona (e.g. emergency rooms, COVID-19 wards)" from January 18.
Due to the delayed delivery of the corona vaccine from Biontech, North Rhine-Westphalia is postponing the start of vaccinations for over 80-year-olds who live at home.
The
53 vaccination centers
in the state will
only start operating on February 8th
- a week later than previously planned, as a spokesman for the NRW Ministry of Health said on Wednesday at the request of the German Press Agency.
Corona vaccinations in Germany: Mayor rages because of vaccination disaster in his city - "There has been toil"
First report from January 19, 2021
Munich / Hanau - Difficult fight against
Covid-19
: The criticism of the planning and organization of
coronavirus
vaccinations in Germany
continues.
Now a mayor from Hessen has given free rein to his displeasure.
Coronavirus vaccinations in Germany: six of 28 vaccination centers open in Hesse
Specifically: In
Hanau near Frankfurt am Main
, a
vaccination center
that would actually be ready for use is empty - and it will probably not be able to open in the coming weeks.
Because: The
vaccine
against the
insidious Corona
is also missing here.
“The employees worked hard to get it finished.
Many citizens do not understand that it has not been used since December 11th.
I don't understand either, ”said
Hanau's mayor Claus Kaminsky (SPD)
on
Welt live
.
The background: This Tuesday (January 19) opened the
first six of 28 (planned) vaccination centers in Hesse, but Hanau
was not one of them.
Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: Further criticism of the planning of Covid-19 vaccinations
Not only do they open comparatively late with a view to the first vaccinations on December 27th, the
other 22 vaccination centers
are not due to start their important work until February 9th due to a lack of vaccines.
According
to many politicians and experts, every day
counts in the
Corona crisis
.
Elsewhere in
Hesse
,
too, things
are not going
smoothly
: The
vaccination center in Wiesbaden
has started work.
Up to 1000 people could be vaccinated here every day.
Could.
But there are significantly fewer.
There is a lack of sufficient vaccine doses.
(pm)