Markus Söder wants to secure the Sputnik-V vaccine from Russia for Bavaria.
There was criticism for this - Health Minister Jens Spahn should not be enthusiastic about the move either.
Munich - Markus Söder had long criticized that vaccinations * against Corona * would happen too slowly in Germany.
He openly said that the EU had made mistakes when ordering vaccines.
Bavaria's Prime Minister has now acted and wants to secure 2.5 million doses of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V * for his state.
A corresponding contract is to be signed soon.
Production is to take place in the Swabian district of Neu-Ulm.
Söders Sputnik advance: EMA decides on approval - there is probably a lack of data
But for this to happen, the vaccine first has to be approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
And the institution is missing, according to a
Spiegel
report
Data.
Only when these are available can the manufacturer even apply for approval.
However, according to the report, it does not look like this will be done quickly.
The results of the phase III study on the vaccine * were published in February in the renowned specialist journal
The Lancet
.
It therefore has an effectiveness of 91.6 percent.
However, inconsistencies remain, as
reported by
Spiegel
.
The Standing Vaccination Commission describes the first known data as promising, but not all of them are there yet.
Corona in Bavaria: Hungary vaccinates with Sputnik - EU decides against preliminary contract with Russia
The
Financial Times
reported meanwhile that the EMA should also still check that all ethical standards were adhered to in the vaccine trials in Russia.
According to this, some study participants are said to have been put under pressure for the tests.
Even in Russia, citizens seem to be waiting for an independent review of the vaccine.
According to the
Spiegel
report, vaccination rates in the country are low.
Sputnik V was vaccinated long before critical tests were completed.
Hungary is currently the only EU country that vaccinates with the vaccine *.
The EU had just decided against making a preliminary agreement with Russia.
Doubts about Sputnik V: Researchers report abnormalities
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Söder's Sputnik going it alone: Spahn warns of "Fata Morgana Debate"
It is doubtful whether Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn was happy about Söder's announcement.
Because according to a resolution by the health ministers of the federal states, vaccine procurement is regulated by the federal government.
A few hours after Söder's vaccine advance, Spahn announced that he would negotiate with Russia - without the EU.
It is about binding statements, "when which amount could actually reach Germany after approval," as the CDU * politician
said
in the
WDR5 morning echo
.
Meanwhile, Spahn warned of a “Fata Morgana debate.” He referred to the missing data.
"In order to really make a difference in our current situation, the delivery would have to come in the next two to four or five months - otherwise we have more than enough vaccine one way or another." Until Sputnik would be available for Germany and Bavaria, could the vaccine * may no longer be needed.
Söder wants to secure Sputnik vaccine for Bavaria - other prime ministers react angrily
Other prime ministers, meanwhile, were annoyed by Söders going it alone.
"It would be nice if this would not be a competition now," said Thuringia's Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow.
His federal state had received an offer from Russia, but passed it on to the federal government, as
Spiegel
reported.
Stephan Weil, Prime Minister of Lower Saxony, criticized the ZDF: "The fact that precisely the colleague does that who otherwise always demands emphatically uniform behavior in the fight against pandemics with pithy words speaks for itself."
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