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Berlin (dpa / bb) - Berlin has given in after an all-clear from the Federal Ministry of Health with a view to cooling corona vaccines from the manufacturer Moderna.
After its own test in the capital, the new vaccine will be injected in Berlin from Friday, said the spokesman for the Berlin Senate Health Administration, Moritz Quiske.
At first, Berlin had merely taken note of the all-clear from the Federal Ministry of Health and continued its own examination until the end.
Brandenburg has now also lifted its concerns.
After Berlin and Brandenburg had doubts about the cold chain, the Federal Ministry of Health had assured in the morning that the quality of the vaccines had not been affected by the transport.
They could be used safely, it said.
The second vaccination center, which is due to open on Thursday in the Erika Hess Stadium in the Wedding district, will use Biontech vaccine on Thursday, and Moderna from Friday, said Quiske.
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The Berlin doubts about the cold chain of the Moderna vaccine had ignited on the refrigerated truck on the packaging, reported Quiske.
In Berlin it was unclear whether the truck met the technical standards for such deliveries.
The vaccine was also "more likely in cardboard boxes".
Otherwise, styrofoam or metal packaging is common.
Eugen Brysch, board member of the German Foundation for Patient Protection, sees the caution of the federal states as positive: "The stop of the Moderna vaccination doses makes it clear that authorities take the control of logistics before contamination seriously," he told the German press agency.
“Such actions strengthen the population's confidence in the vaccination campaign.
That is precisely what makes the company successful. "
The first corona vaccine from the US manufacturer Moderna to arrive in Germany was distributed to all federal states on Tuesday via a Bundeswehr barracks in Quakenbrück, Lower Saxony.
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According to the logistics company Hellmann, everything went according to plan; GPS-monitored freezer vehicles were used for the deliveries.
The temperature in the interior is also precisely controlled.
The Moderna vaccine must be stored at around minus 20 degrees Celsius.
It is stable for 30 days at refrigerator temperature and twelve hours at room temperature.
The preparation is the second corona vaccine approved in the European Union next to the agent from the manufacturers Biontech and Pfizer.