The German Health Ministry assumes that the corona vaccine will be destroyed “in some cases”. The ministry justified this to the world by saying that vaccines are still only available in multi-dose containers, which, according to approval, can only be kept for a few hours when opened.
Low readiness for vaccination
“With the current speed of the vaccination campaign, it cannot be assumed that there will always be enough people to be vaccinated on site to use all available vaccine doses in a multi-dose container,” the ministry said. He went on to say, “In this case, vaccines will likely be rejected in some cases.”
According to the vaccination panel, around 200 million doses of vaccine have been delivered to vaccination centers, doctors’ offices, company doctors and pharmacies in Germany. 86.4 percent were vaccinated by April 8. The vaccination campaign has significantly slowed down in recent weeks. A total of 38,000 doses were administered on Friday.
The German Ministry of Health also has information about the destruction at the central federal vaccine warehouse, reports Die Welt. Reasons include “breakage during collection, damage during transport (eg vibrations, accidents), loss of liquid and expiration date reached”.
“Prospective” rate
The German Association of General Practitioners has come out in favor of supplying vaccines to third countries with a current need in an “anticipated” way. “Unfortunately, we are currently seeing very little demand for vaccination consultations,” says Federal President Ulrich Weigeldt of “Welt.” Everything must therefore be done “so that as little vaccine as possible expires and has to be destroyed in the end”, he demanded.