Order 92 million additional Covid-19 vaccines from Germany to cover deficit

The German Ministry of Health is planning to order 92 million vaccines against Covid-19 for 2.2 billion euros, after finding that the available quantities are not enough to meet the needs of the booster vaccine in the first quarter of 2022.

From the new order, the 80 million BioNTech / Pfizer vaccines will be supplied by Berlin through the European Union contracts with the companies, while the remaining 12 will be purchased directly. Earlier, the Ministry of Health inventory had revealed, according to the new Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach, that the previous government had not taken care to procure sufficient quantities of vaccines. Earlier in the day, the Federal Parliament’s Finance Committee approved a € 2.2 billion disbursement for the vaccine market. “With this new market, Germany will get additional vaccines from BioNTech / Pfizer and Moderna,” he said, adding that vaccination could proceed as quickly as possible, said Finance Minister Christian Lindner, while former Health Minister Jens Spann was in the spotlight. of the government as responsible for the lack of vaccines. However, according to Tino Zorge, Health Policy Officer of the Christian Democrats (CDU / CSU) Parliamentary Group, Mr Span had indicated in mid-November that additional funding would be needed to purchase vaccines, as demand. Indicatively, it is reported that in the last week alone, about 6.5 million vaccines have been administered, with the number being a new record of the week for Germany. “No country in the world is vaccinating faster than we do at the moment,” Zorge said, noting that contracts with vaccine companies also include clauses on doubling the quantity.

Source: AMPE