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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 is currently only allowed to be used in people under 65 due to a lack of data on its effectiveness.
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The magazine also reported that vaccination appointments were canceled “en masse” because authorized persons would not appear.
A spokeswoman for the Saarland Ministry of Health was quoted as saying: "We are aware of cases in which people refuse the vaccination offer with AstraZeneca." The appointments would then be given to other people, it said.
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