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The German government is reworking its strategy to vaccinate the country against the

coronavirus

, as its campaign, which has failed due to a lack of supply, is now also facing citizen reluctance to the

Astrazeneca

vaccine

, a reluctance that also it is taking place in other countries in Europe.

Germany's

vaccination program

is in trouble, as many people will miss vaccinations if they are to receive the

Oxford AstraZeneca

vaccine

.

Only 150,000 doses out of the 1.5 million doses of the vaccine had been used as of Friday, threatening to derail what is already a declining national inoculation plan.

While the UK has vaccinated more than 26% of its population, Germany has achieved less than 6%.

Health Minister Jens Spahn has requested that the

AstraZeneca

vaccine be injected

to the Police and Army, after some health workers and other front-line workers resisted receiving it.

AstraZeneca's

vaccine

has encountered resistance in

Germany

and other European countries after trials showed it to be less effective than alternatives from

Pfizer

and

Moderna

.

Also, reports that the

AstraZeneca

vaccine

causes stronger side effects than other vaccines have been confirmed by

Germany's

main vaccine agency

, the Paul Ehrlich Institute.

Thus nearly a quarter of the people who received the

AstraZeneca

vaccine

experienced flu-like symptoms, and about 15% experienced chills or fever, more than the side effects reported by the

Pfizer

or

Moderna

vaccines

.

"AstraZeneca's vaccine is safe and highly effective," Steffen Seibert, chief spokesperson for Chancellor Angela Merkel, tweeted Monday.

"The vaccine can save lives

.

"

AstraZeneca

says the reported side effects are in line with observations from its clinical trials.

The Paul Ehrlich Institute has rated the vaccine as very effective and described the reactions as short-lived.

Germany has so far administered 5 million doses of vaccines, which places it far behind countries like Israel, the

United Kingdom

or the

United States

that have more aggressive campaigns.

Most are from the Pfizer vaccine, which was developed by BioNTech of Germany, and have so far been administered to the elderly and infirm.

Of the 1.5 million

AstraZeneca

injections

that should have been administered at the end of last week, only 187,000 have been used so far, according to figures from the Health Ministry and the Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases.

Germany

is not the only EU country where

AstraZeneca

vaccine reluctance has emerged

.

Officials in

Austria

and

Bulgaria

have also voiced public resistance to the

AstraZeneca

vaccine

.

In Italy, teachers and police officers have expressed concern about the vaccine, according to The Wall Street Jorunal.

In

France

, doctors have staggered vaccinations for healthcare workers after several workers who had received the

AstraZeneca

vaccine

fell ill from flu-like side effects.

In fact, last month President

Emmanuel Macron

expressed doubts about the effectiveness of the vaccine.

As reported by The Guardian, in southwestern

France

, a hospital in Périgueux requested in an open letter that the

AstraZeneca

vaccine

be replaced with injections of

Moderna

and

BioNTech / Pfizer

after between 50% and 70% of the injected staff experienced effects. secondary.

In

Sweden

, two regions temporarily suspended the launch of

AstraZeneca

vaccines

after hospital staff who had received an injection reported mild side effects.

In the UK, according to The Washington Post, some Britons were canceling and rebooking vaccination appointments to secure the

Pfizer

or

AstraZeneca

vaccine

based on rumors and inside information about which centers have what doses.

Studies have shown the

AstraZeneca

vaccine to be

approximately 60% effective in trials, while studies point to approximately 95% efficacy for the

BioNTech

and

Moderna

vaccines

.

However, the British vaccine has the advantage that it does not require deep freeze storage, and the company's chief medical officer says it is 100% effective in preventing death and serious illness from

Covid-19

.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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