The announcement by the Federal Ministry of Health that it would limit the delivery of the BioNtech vaccine has provoked fierce opposition from politics and the medical community.

The Bavarian Health Minister Klaus Holetschek described the measure as "absolutely unacceptable".

You destroy the necessary trust that the citizens "must have in us in this highly dramatic situation," he told the German press agency.

This is not only unacceptable for the vaccination centers, but above all for the medical profession, who have geared all planning to it.

Holetschek, who is also chairman of the conference of health ministers (GMK) of the federal states, now wants to put this on the agenda of the GMK deliberations planned for Monday. 

"It's time for Spahn to leave"

The Schleswig-Holstein Health Minister Heiner Garg (FDP) criticized that the Managing Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) rationing BioNtech, of all things, the vaccine with the highest acceptance among the population.

"It's time he left," said Garg on Saturday at the state party conference in Neumünster.

The SPD health politician Karl Lauterbach with a view to the announced limitation of BioNtech deliveries.

“We cannot afford that at the moment.” Especially since many people in Germany would particularly trust the BioNtech vaccine.

Pediatricians warn of "lack of reliability" 

The paediatricians in Lower Saxony warned that the "lack of reliability" in the vaccine supply would lead to immense problems in the vaccination consultation hours of the resident doctors.

Tilman Kaethner, regional chairman of the professional association of paediatricians BVKJ pointed out that many practice owners had planned vaccination campaigns for weekends.

These plans would be overturned by the restrictions, said Tilmann on Saturday.

The Deputy FDP parliamentary group leader Michael Theurer described the announcement by the Federal Ministry of Health as a "bad joke".

Massive vaccinations are needed to ensure the booster effect in the short term and to increase the vaccination rate.

“Defining maximum quantities here is absolutely counterproductive and sends a completely wrong signal.

Everything that can be inoculated must be inoculated. "

The Greens health expert Janosch Dahmen wrote on Friday evening on Twitter: “We shouldn't do that!

We don't need anything but a handbrake when vaccinating. ”The BioNtech vaccine is particularly well tolerated by young people.

"The choice between different vaccines also plays a role in the decision for the important first vaccination."

In a letter to the federal states, the Federal Ministry of Health emphasized that enough vaccine would also be available for booster vaccinations by the end of the year.

In addition to the preparation from BioNtech / Pfizer, that from Moderna should be used more and more.

Otherwise, stored Moderna cans threatened to expire from the middle of the first quarter of 2022, but this must be avoided.