Does Germany have five million vaccine doses?
At least that's what the German Medical Association claims and is now demanding that all stored stocks be inoculated quickly.
The whole of Germany is still firmly in the grip of the corona pandemic. The virus gives the Federal Republic of Germany increasing incidence figures every day and the critical mark of 200 could soon be cracked. Therefore, yesterday (Thursday, April 22) the federal government finally decided on the federal emergency brake *, which is intended to contain the pandemic with the help of strict, uniform rules. But as
reported by echo24.de *
, voices are now being raised calling for vaccinations much more and faster. But how will that work? After all, vaccine manufacturers have repeatedly had delivery problems * in the past.
That is probably the end of it now.
The German Medical Association reports that Germany currently has five million vaccine doses and is now demanding that all stored stocks be used up as quickly as possible and that as many people as possible be immunized against the virus as quickly as possible.
Medical Association President Klaus Reinhardt told the editorial network Germany (RND): "It is unacceptable that more than five million vaccine doses are stored unused in Germany while thousands of people are newly infected with Corona every day."
German Medical Association with tough demand: use up all supplies of corona vaccine?
According to Reinhardt, the goal must be to immunize as many people as possible against the virus as quickly as possible.
For this, the retained reserves for the second vaccination, which are stored in the vaccination centers, would have to be dissolved as much as possible.
“This is justifiable due to the expected delivery volumes in the second quarter,” Reinhardt continued.
And he also demands that all other unused vaccine doses be passed on to the German general practitioners * as quickly as possible.
The reason: "As a rule, no vaccines are left lying around here", also because the vaccination ordinance gives doctors leeway in implementing the sequence of vaccinations.
Scope for prioritization of vaccinations: Proof of trust for general practitioners
In the meantime, several federal states have announced that they will forego prioritization * when vaccinating the preparation “Vaxzevria *” from manufacturer AstraZeneca.
This means that in Saxony, Bavaria and Berlin, for example, people of all ages and priorities can be vaccinated - regardless of the specified sequence of vaccinations.
The President of the Medical Association, Reinhardt, sees the fact that this is now possible as a vote of confidence in the resident doctors.
"I very much hope that we can completely dispense with prioritization nationwide if - as announced - sufficient vaccines are available for all citizens from the end of May," he explained in an interview with the RND.
And his wish doesn't seem that far away anymore.
Demand from the German Medical Association: Spahn also wants to promote vaccination campaigns
On Thursday (April 22), Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) raised the hopes of many in the Federal Council and announced that vaccination priorities would be lifted for June.
Because in May, so Spahn, the last prioritization group 3 could be vaccinated - and then the Federal Minister of Health assumes that “we will be able to give up prioritization in June”.
The German Medical Association should also be happy about this - because it looks like the vaccination campaign against the coronavirus is slowly but surely getting underway. In the meantime, 21.6 percent of the population in Germany have been vaccinated with at least one dose of a corona vaccine. That is exactly 17,932,380 in numbers. Ascending trend.
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