display
The first deliveries of the vaccine from AstraZeneca were fiercely contested between the EU and the British-Swedish manufacturer, but the preparation is obviously on heap in the federal states.
According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), only 64,869 doses were vaccinated nationwide on Tuesday of 736,800 vaccination doses delivered so far.
There is no reason to be thrifty, however, because replenishment can be expected on Thursday.
According to the Federal Ministry of Health, AstraZeneca will then deliver another 736,800 vaccine doses, and on February 27, a further one million vaccine doses.
In total, around 5.6 million cans are expected up to and including April 1.
According to a report by the business magazine "Business Insider", there is obviously uncertainty about the effectiveness of the drug.
Reference is made to studies that have determined an effectiveness of 70 percent for the vaccine from Astrazeneca, 20 percentage points less than the funds from Biontech and Moderna.
In addition, the Astrazeneca vaccine in Germany can only be used in people under 65 due to a lack of data on its effectiveness.
display
The strict entry rules for people from so-called virus variant areas are expected to be extended by two weeks.
This provides for a draft that the federal cabinet wants to decide on Tuesday.
The ban was initially only imposed until February 17.
It affects countries where mutated variants of the coronavirus that are more contagious have already spread widely.
In addition, the measures taken there to contain the pandemic are taken into account in the classification.
All developments in the live ticker