Biontech will deliver less of its corona vaccine in July than it did in June.
Now a bottleneck is apparently feared - since other manufacturers do not deliver either.
Berlin - In July, Biontech will deliver fewer doses of its corona vaccine to Germany than it currently does.
The Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday.
The background to this is that Biontech increased its delivery volume in the second quarter and in June in particular.
However, these were only early deliveries.
It was always clear that the total delivery volume would then drop to 40.2 million cans in the third quarter.
In the second quarter, which runs until the end of June, around 50 million doses are expected, according to the Ministry of Health.
Biontech delivers less corona vaccine in July than now
For July, the company has so far only had concrete forecasts for the first week. After the total amount, however, an average of around 3.3 million doses per week can be calculated. The ministry explained that these figures were also transparently communicated to the federal states. According to a new overview published, a good 3.2 million doses from Biontech are expected in the week starting July 5. In the current week there are therefore 4.6 million doses. In the weeks of June 21st and June 28th, 5.7 million cans are expected to arrive.
Biontech said they had over-fulfilled the contract for the second quarter.
"We will deliver more doses in June than originally agreed in order to support and accelerate the vaccination campaigns in Europe and thus also in Germany," said a company spokeswoman for the German press agency.
In the third quarter and thus also in July, the number of cans will be delivered as contractually agreed.
Report: Experts fear delivery bottlenecks with bitter consequences
According to
Business Insider
, the drop in delivery could now significantly slow the vaccination rate in Germany.
Especially since Biontech is the preferred vaccine preparation for Germans.
According to the newspaper, doctors and some countries even fear that the July amount will not even be enough for the upcoming second vaccinations.
According to the delivery overview, there are also specific figures for the preparation from Moderna for July.
733,200 cans are expected per week, slightly more than the weekly average in June.
On the other hand, the manufacturer Johnson & Johnson cannot meet its delivery target for corona vaccine by the end of June, according to the EU Commission.
The amount of 55 million cans promised to the EU countries in the second quarter will not be reached, said a Commission spokesman in Brussels.
He cannot yet say how much will be delivered.
However, the spokesman reiterated the goal of having enough corona vaccine from various manufacturers by the end of July so that 70 percent of adults in the EU can be vaccinated.
(dpa / rjs)
