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Berlin (AP) - The North Rhine-Westphalian Prime Minister Armin Laschet calls for more speed in vaccinating against the corona virus.
You have to get down from the vaccination bureaucracy, become faster and also vaccinate on weekends, said the CDU chairman on Tuesday evening in an ARD “Extra”.
Laschet admitted that suspending vaccinations with Astrazeneca had set back plans.
The NRW head of government emphasized, however, that if there are warnings from science, politics should take advice.
«We are waiting for the decision of the European Medicines Agency on Thursday.
Then Friday is the vaccination summit, where we discuss together among the 16 countries, ”Laschet emphasized.
Because of possible health risks, vaccinations with the Astrazeneca substance have been suspended in Germany since Monday.
This had also led to the cancellation of the vaccination summit, which was actually planned for this Wednesday.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is expected to issue a recommendation on the safety of Astrazeneca's vaccine on Thursday.
Federal Finance Minister Olaf Scholz hopes for a positive signal from the EMA to continue using this corona vaccine.
At the same time, the SPD politician emphasized in a ZDF “special” that politics should not ignore the advice of scientists.
Nevertheless, the vaccine available will soon increase in number.
In June / July there could be “maybe” ten million vaccine doses per week in Germany.
Then everything must be prepared and clarified what vaccination centers, what family doctors and what company doctors can do.
That has to be discussed and planned in detail.
Therefore, the vaccination summit is "very important advice."
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