The vaccinations against the corona virus are slow.
Preparations will continue to be distributed only with a delay.
Government fears attacks on vaccination centers.
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Coronavirus pandemic *
: The number of
Covid-19 cases
improved slightly in January 2021.
A
hard corona lockdown
*
also applies
.
The
vaccinations against Corona *
are slow and
Covid-19
* vaccines
are only delivered with a delay.
The federal government has now warned of possible attacks on vaccination centers (see update from January 24, 1:13 p.m.
).
This
news ticker on vaccinations and vaccines in Germany
is updated regularly.
Update from January 24th, 1:13 p.m
.: Not only
delivery delays
-
the federal government also fears
an
"abstract risk"
with the
corona vaccination
.
This was reported by the
AFP
news
agency
, referring to a response from the Interior Ministry to a Green * request.
Accordingly,
“vaccine opponents, corona skeptics and conspiracy theorists” could
target pharmaceutical company headquarters, vaccination centers, vaccine transports and storage facilities.
In addition, there is the risk of
espionage and sabotage attempts by
foreign secret services, the
AFP
quotes
from the letter.
The Ministry of the Interior referred to the “great media presence” and the “emotionality inherent in the Corona issue”.
It is true that the federal government has “no specific knowledge relevant to risk”.
Nevertheless, they must
assume
a danger to
“physical assault”
on
staff
and
vaccine recipients
.
Sabotage of the corona vaccination by conspiracy theorists: concern after storming the US Capitol
One scenario is that opponents of the vaccination
want to
attract attention
on the one hand
and emphasize their protest on the other.
The newspapers of the
Funke media group
had first reported on the subject.
According to the AFP, the
danger of
cyber attacks in
research, production and approval facilities must be “classified as high”.
"Several alleged attempts to investigate German vaccine manufacturers have already become known."
The Green domestic politician
Irene Mihalic
, who had directed the inquiry to the Interior Ministry, told the
Funke
newspapers that the storming of the US Capitol * had shown "how quickly absurd conspiracy narratives can turn into violence".
Her party colleague
Konstantin von Notz
warned that the cyber attack on the European Medicines Agency (EMA) had shown that the danger was "very real".
In its reply, the Ministry of the Interior points out that the
Federal Police
protect vaccination transports from the German border to the distribution centers of the federal states.
The
Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV)
"sensitized" the
companies concerned to the threat
.
Corona vaccination: delivery bottlenecks!
Nevertheless, Spahn sticks to the prognosis for “vaccinations for all Germans”
Update from January 24, 10:34
a.m.: Federal Health Minister
Jens Spahn
(CDU *
) is currently under fire
because of the stumbled vaccination start
.
Now he is reaffirming
his “vaccination offer for all Germans until summer”
in the
Bild am Sonntag (BamS)
.
It will stay that way, he told the newspaper - "if the expected approvals for more vaccines come"
(see previous updates)
.
In
response to
the objection that Germany was
“far behind”
in
international vaccination
comparisons, Spahn replied that he did not
believe in
such comparison
tables
: “We can make a meaningful comparison in two or three months.
We started with the
nursing homes
, which is more complex and takes longer. "
Corona vaccination in Germany: Spahn throws Söder's idea of mandatory vaccination again
The first group in the vaccination sequence are those
over 80 years of age
.
"As of today, everyone in the first group
will receive a vaccination offer
by the
end of March
," said Spahn to
BamS
.
Spahn took a clear position on
the possible
vaccination requirement
for nursing staff, which
Markus Söder (CSU *)
had brought into play.
“The nurses pay very close attention to whether we are talking about them or to them.
When it comes to vaccinating, I will definitely not decide over and over again
. ”As if to prove it, he then cites
two regions
:“ In Westphalia-Lippe, by the way, on average almost 80 percent of geriatric care workers have been vaccinated. ”
+
Doesn't want to know anything about "comparison tables" and a corona vaccination requirement: Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU)
© Michael Kappeler / POOL / AFP
Corona vaccination: delivery bottlenecks!
Spahn still expects millions of doses of a substance that has not yet been approved
Update from January 23, 6:02 p.m.:
Although the corona vaccine manufacturer
AstraZeneca
will deliver fewer doses to the EU than planned,
Jens Spahn is
certain: Germany can expect “at least three million vaccine doses in February”.
The
Federal
Minister of
Health
explained that
to
Bild am Sonntag
.
He admitted that "unfortunately, this is less than expected".
Corona vaccine: Spahn is certain - up to three million doses of AstraZeneca in February
The
CDU politician made
the statement on the condition that the AstraZeneca vaccine would be approved in the EU at the end of January, as expected.
It shows once again that the
production of vaccines is
much more complex than some headlines suggest, so
Spahn
.
The
Minister of Health
once
again promised
that a
vaccination offer
could be made to
everyone in the summer
- provided that the expected approvals for further vaccines come.
He also stuck to the goal of vaccinating the first group of vaccination candidates “by the end of March”.
The group includes people over 80, nursing home residents, and medical and nursing staff.
The
minister rejected the
criticism that
Germany is
lagging behind
when it comes to vaccinations
: “We can make a meaningful comparison in two or three months.” Germany started with nursing homes, which is more complex and takes longer, according to Spahn.
A table showing the inoculated doses by country can be found below in the text
(see first report from January 22nd)
.
+
Criticism of the corona vaccinations in Germany does not let Jens Spahn dissuade him from his optimistic plans.
© Daniel Karmann / dpa / picture alliance
Corona vaccination: Due to delivery bottlenecks, Hungary is buying vaccine that has not yet been approved
Update from January 23, 9:10 a.m.:
The corona vaccine is not only in short
supply
in Germany.
Other EU countries are currently also struggling with delivery bottlenecks.
Hungary
has now even bought a vaccine that
has not yet been approved in the EU
.
There were
two million doses
of vaccine Russian
"Sputnik V"
ordered.
This has been available in Russia since August.
However, no reports of clinical trials with the vaccine were available at this point.
The developers of “Sputnik V” now claim a reliability of
more than 90 percent
.
Hungary should
receive the
first doses within
30 days
.
However, a second authority must first agree after the
first emergency approval in the EU was
granted
on Thursday
.
Corona vaccinations: Next large vaccine manufacturer has delivery problems
Update from January 22nd, 5:56 p.m.:
The
vaccinations
against the
coronavirus
are slow in Germany.
One reason for this are
delivery bottlenecks for
the first
vaccine
from
Biontech * to be
approved in the EU
.
Now that the vaccine from the US manufacturer
Moderna is
also on the market, hopes rest on the third major
vaccine from
the British-Swedish manufacturer
AstraZeneca
.
Approval is expected in late January.
But now there is no good news for the
vaccination campaign in Germany
.
Because, according to
Biontech / Pfizer
, there also seem to be
difficulties with deliveries
at
AstraZeneca
.
The EU has ordered around 56 million cans for this year.
How much and when will be delivered is now unclear.
According to the Austrian portal
oe24.at
, the company informed the 27 EU vaccination coordinators that it could not deliver the intended amount in the first quarter.
After Biontech, AstraZeneca is also having delivery problems with vaccines
AstraZeneca also
confirmed this fact in the
picture
.
How much less
vaccine
Germany will receive is not yet clear.
Austria would receive approximately to March only "500,000 to 600,000" doses, said Impfkoordinator Clemens Martin Auer
oe24.at
.
This is two million less than expected.
AstraZeneca cited the
reason
that the scientists are
revising
the
vaccine
because of the
corona mutation
.
Another mutation has now been detected in Germany *.
In addition, a fire
in India's
largest
vaccine
factory paralyzed production.
It
is not clear to
what extent
Chancellor Angela Merkel
and
Health Minister Jens Spahn
can keep
their promise to make every German
a vaccination
offer
by the
end of the summer
.
The time could be pushed back, because the announcement is based on this bulk delivery.
Corona vaccinations: Statistics show how far behind Germany is really - vaccination with the first family doctors
Update from January 22nd, 4.30 p.m.:
In
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania the
first general practitioners' practices are now also carrying out
corona vaccinations
.
Initially, eight
general practitioners are
in a first test phase in cooperation with
vaccination centers
, as a spokesman for the district of Northwest Mecklenburg said on Friday.
The doctors had previously worked in
mobile vaccination teams
and had been trained in handling the
vaccine
.
According to a report from the
world
, the first
corona vaccinations
for seniors were given
on Thursday in a family doctor's practice in Neuburg near Wismar
.
According to the Schwerin Ministry of Health, the organization of the
corona vaccinations is
the responsibility of the districts.
General practitioners
could
act
as "
branch offices of the vaccination centers
", said a spokesman.
However, the allocation of patients takes place via the central appointment allocation by the commissioned call center.
Corona vaccinations in Germany: More than 1.5 million first vaccinations
First report from January 22nd:
Munich / Berlin -
Jens Spahn (CDU)
has once again given an update on the
corona vaccinations in Germany
*
.
As of January 22nd, there had been more than
1.5 million first vaccinations
, said the Minister of Health at the federal press conference and told of
100,000 second vaccinations
against the insidious lung disease
within the
Covid 19 risk groups
.
Coronavirus vaccinations in Germany: Jens Spahn - "The way out of the pandemic has begun"
“We are at the height of the
pandemic
, but
we
have started the way out of the pandemic.
I know that many wish it would go faster, ”said
Spahn
in Berlin.
But things are obviously not going any faster towards the end of January.
Time and again, manufacturer supply bottlenecks are cited as the reason.
An international comparison shows how far
Germany
really lags behind
when it
comes to vaccinations against the
coronavirus *
.
The
ZDF
shows in a
table the vaccinations
measured
worldwide
on 1000 inhabitants.
The result is as follows (as of January 21):
Coronavirus vaccinations: Germany is significantly behind in a global comparison
country |
People with first vaccination against Corona |
Vaccinations per 1000 inhabitants |
Israel |
3,292,190 |
380.4 |
Arab Emirates |
2,246,069 |
227.1 |
Great Britain |
5,437,284 |
80.1 |
United States |
17,546,374 |
53.0 |
Denmark |
185,777 |
32.1 |
Ireland |
121,900 |
24.7 |
Lithuania |
64,620 |
23.7 |
Spain |
1,103,301 |
23.6 |
Slovenia |
47,931 |
23.1 |
Germany |
1,401,693 |
16.9 |
The statistics show:
Great Britain
, which is severely affected by the
Corona mutation
, is still ahead of
Germany
.
Some countries are significantly smaller in population than the Federal Republic of Germany and accordingly have less need for vaccine doses.
But compared to January 21, Spain was also well ahead of
Germany in
terms of vaccinations
.
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