Markus Söder would like corona vaccine deliveries from the USA.
For this suggestion, Bavaria's Prime Minister caught a counterattack from the Americans.
Munich / Washington - Vaccination against Corona is going too slowly in Germany.
The Astrazenca vaccination freeze has exacerbated the situation.
Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder * now wanted to put more pressure on vaccinating - and has now even quarreled with the USA.
However, the CSU * boss promptly received a contra from Washington.
This is reported by the
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Corona vaccine: Söder messes with the USA - "If the Americans have that much vaccine ..."
"If the Americans have so much vaccine that they can even vaccinate monkeys, then they can also support their friends in Europe." Söder said this after
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information from participants on Monday in the CSU board.
He has a “transatlantic vaccination bridge” in mind.
The background is that several monkeys were vaccinated against corona in the San Diego Safari Park at the beginning of March. *
Corona vaccine: Söder messes with America - counterattack follows promptly
But a tough reaction from the Americans came immediately: “We reject any statement that refers to a US export ban on vaccines.
This claim is simply not true, "said a spokesman for the US embassy in Berlin to the
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He continued: "All vaccine manufacturers in the United States are free to export their products as long as they are able to meet the terms of their contracts with the US government."
Charles Michel, President of the European Council, among others, had said that the USA had issued an export ban on vaccines and was therefore partly responsible for the vaccine chaos in Europe.
But is that true?
The USA had contractually secured the entire supply chain at an early stage.
This means that production capacities have been reserved for the USA, as
reported by
the
Tagesschau
.
There is, so to speak, an indirect export ban: Everything is fine as long as your own contracts are fulfilled.
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