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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
.
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