There is positive news to report for Germany regarding the supply of corona vaccines.
But meanwhile a new problem looms.
Munich - Almost a year ago, in March 2020, the federal and state governments decided on the first lockdown in the corona pandemic *.
To this day, the fight against the coronavirus * has had a major impact on everyday life in Germany - experts recently warned of a third wave due to rampant virus mutations.
The uncomfortable situation could change if the vaccination campaign of the Federal Republic of Germany progresses.
In countries like Israel or Great Britain, high vaccination rates have led to a noticeable improvement in the corona situation.
Germany, on the other hand, has only made slow progress with vaccination.
Also due to a lack of sufficient vaccine and some problems with making appointments.
Corona vaccinations in Germany: Millions of new doses but too few appointments?
Now, thanks to increased vaccine deliveries, improvement could occur in a timely manner.
According to information from the
Business Insider
portal
, the next construction site for Germany's vaccination campaign is looming.
According to the portal, it has a confidential paper that breaks down the number of vaccine doses delivered this week.
According to this, a total of over 2.3 million vaccine doses arrive in Germany: AstraZeneca provides 1,080,000, Pfizer / Biontech 924,300 and Moderna 343,200 units.
But the slow rate of vaccination could mean that those who want to be vaccinated have to wait longer than necessary for their appointment.
According to data from the Robert Koch Institute, 887,639 people were vaccinated in the past week.
A week earlier it was even less (851,000).
So there is a risk of an acute corona vaccination jam: A larger amount of vaccination doses could soon be available, but the tough bureaucracy, as the Bavarian Minister of Health Klaus Holetschek (CSU) * put it, will put a stop to the desired "vaccination turbo" Do the math.
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Corona vaccinations in Germany: Lauterbach calls for a changed vaccination plan
It seems questionable that something will change in this predicament in the near future.
Vaccination options in general practitioners' practices could bring improvement.
But Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn * (CDU *) did not want to decide when this option could be offered.
In addition, reports of possible side effects * and the allegedly lower effectiveness of the AstraZeneca vaccine apparently hampered further progress.
Many patients missed their vaccination appointment *.
SPD * health expert Karl Lauterbach had therefore brought an adjustment of the vaccination plan * into play in relation to the Spiegel in order to increase the pace.
"We should release the AstraZeneca vaccine for the first three priority groups," suggested Lauterbach.
Incidentally, he considers the reservations about the serum of the British-Swedish group to be completely unfounded.
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