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Berlin (dpa) - Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn (CDU) is confident that production of the corona vaccine can soon be ramped up in Germany.
"We are doing everything together with Biontech-Pfizer that there can be additional production facilities here in Germany, for example in Marburg in Hessen," said Spahn on Monday in the ZDF "morning magazine".
“The aim is to make production possible there in February / March.
And that would increase the amount enormously. "
The Mainz company Biontech has taken over the Marburg production facility from the Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis.
According to the company, some changes are necessary there before production of the Covid-19 vaccine can start there too.
Spahn rejected requests for more speed.
The manufacture of vaccines is extremely demanding, it cannot be ramped up in three or four weeks at will.
“That needs to be done in advance, and that's in preparation in Marburg,” he emphasized.
Spahn reacted with astonishment to the suggestion of the left-wing health politician Achim Kessler to force vaccine manufacturers to grant other companies a license to reproduce.
"The production of a vaccine is extremely demanding and highly complex, and you can't just do it with a license from another company," he said.
It is particularly important for trust in the vaccine that all quality requirements are met.
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In general, it is simply wrong if the impression arises that all countries except Germany have enough vaccine: "It is scarce everywhere, for everyone in the world."
The federal government is working to ensure that there will be more vaccine soon.
"But we do it in such a way that the quality is then also right."