Side effects of the Astrazeneca corona vaccine are causing concern.
Even GdP Bavaria is apparently skeptical.
Health Minister Holetschek speaks a power word.
There have been reports of Astrazeneca's vaccine * causing side effects.
Now even the police union in Bavaria is expressing reservations about the vaccine *.
Health Minister Klaus Holetschek (CSU *) has now spoken a word of power.
You can read all the news about the coronavirus * in Bavaria in our ticker.
Munich - In Germany, the vaccine against the coronavirus * is still a scarce commodity.
The first deliveries of Astrazeneca's corona vaccine * were fiercely contested between the EU and the manufacturer at the beginning.
Now the vaccine is obviously on the dump in the federal states.
This is reported by the
Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR).
According to the Robert Koch Institute * (RKI), only just under 65,000 doses were inoculated nationwide on Tuesday, but around 736,800 were delivered.
Corona: side effects after vaccination with Astrazeneca?
Criticism from the police union in Bavaria
Media reports about side effects after vaccinations with the active ingredient of the British-Swedish group cause concern.
Even the police union (GdP) in Bavaria is apparently critical of the immunization of police officers with the Astrazeneca vaccine.
“The constant readiness of the police must not be endangered by a possibly unreliable vaccine *”, the
BR
quotes
the state chairman Peter Pytlik.
"Anyone who demands a high level of acceptance of their employees' willingness to vaccinate must also ensure that the best possible vaccine is used and not the one that is cheapest or currently available because it has other acceptance problems or is no longer used at all." it further.
The GdP had previously requested that it be announced when registering which vaccine * is being used, according to the
BR.
Criticism of corona vaccine - Holetschek becomes clear: "No request concert"
The Bavarian Ministry of Health has already rejected the criticism of the vaccine.
Health Minister Klaus Holetschek also stated that all three vaccines are regularly approved and scientifically tested.
This also applies to the Astrazeneca vaccine, as the CSU politician
said
in an interview with
Bayern-2-Radiowelt
on Wednesday.
"Personally, when it's my turn, I would immediately get vaccinated with Astrazeneca," Holetschek continues.
There is a shortage of vaccine, so Holetschek.
Astrazeneca's vaccine protects against severe disease.
“Astrazeneca is a good and safe vaccine,” said Holetschek.
“We just don't have enough vaccine now.
We hope it will be more.
But now it's about assessing the situation at the moment.
And there the three are available, and there it is just not a request concert, ”emphasized the Minister of Health and thus initially ruled out a choice for the citizens.
After criticism of the corona vaccine: Spahn also defends Astrazeneca's active ingredient
Federal Minister of Health also assured that the Astrazeneca vaccine was highly effective.
He told
RTL
and
ntv
that he had been vaccinated with the vaccine.
“Yes, I would get vaccinated if I was offered a vaccination.
Expressly also with Astrazeneca.
It's a safe and effective vaccine. "
The GdP Bavaria is not alone with the criticism of the Astrazeneca vaccine.
Frank Ulrich Montgomery, chairman of the World Medical Association, also called for the vaccine not to be used in medical personnel.
Accordingly, the vaccine is just as safe as the others, but the lower effectiveness cannot be discussed away, as he
told
the
Rheinische Post
.
People at high risk of infection should be vaccinated with more effective vaccines.
Corona vaccines: Astrazeneca not as effective as vaccine from Biontech and Moderna?
Recently there had been reports of a reduced effectiveness of the Astrazeneca vaccine against virus variants *.
However, the World Health Organization continues to recommend the use of the vaccine.
In Germany it is only recommended for people under 65 years of age.
As the
BR
further reports, the vaccines from Moderna and Biontech have an effectiveness of 94 and 95 percent.
At Astrazeneca, according to a new study, it is 76 percent after the first vaccination and up to 82 percent after the second. According to other studies, the effectiveness is around 70 percent.
Virologist Christian Drosten still considers the Astrazeneca vaccine to be an important tool in the fight against corona.
There is no reason not to work with the vaccine in this country, he said in the
NDR
podcast.
Video: Drosten: Vaccinate as soon as possible - also Astrazeneca
Drosten defends Astrazeneca active ingredient: "There's always a fly in the ointment somewhere"
"We have to do everything we can to vaccinate as quickly as possible," said the virologist.
“The vaccines we have are extremely good compared to what could be expected.
There's always a fly in the ointment somewhere and some people look at it with a magnifying glass. ”But you shouldn't do that.
It is now important that the vaccines minimize the risk of a serious course of the disease.
(came) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
The vaccine doses against the corona virus are still scarce.
But soon there could be more of it than can be injected in the vaccination centers.
Bavaria therefore also relies on its family doctors.