People wait in front of the vaccination center in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Wednesday, last week. Germany s health minister says the country is exploring purchasing the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine from Russia.
BERLIN The German government is preparing to enter into negotiations with Moscow to pre-order doses of Russia s coronavirus vaccine, Sputnik V, breaking from the EU s joint vaccine procurement efforts.
Following a meeting with his EU counterparts on Wednesday, Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn said that because the EU Commission does not intend to purchase the Russian vaccine for the entire bloc, Germany will go it alone.
Thierry Breton, the EU commissioner in charge of vaccine procurement argues that Sputnik doses would not arrive in time to make any difference to the European Union s vaccination efforts.
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Global: The global Covid death toll has passed the grim tally of 2.75 million with a figure of 2,755,540 according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University. Meanwhile, infections have passed 125.5 million worldwide.
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COVID-19 vaccinations using the AstraZeneca vaccine have been temporarily suspended, as a precaution, on the basis of a recommendation of the Paul Ehrlich Institute (PEI). The PEI is of the opinion that further investigations are needed. The Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn explained, “Today’s decision is a purely precautionary measure.” Germany will now await the results of further analysis and evaluation. The outcome is open.
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Several European states had already stopped administering the AstraZeneca vaccine against the background of newly reported cases of cerebral vein thrombosis in temporal proximity to vaccinations using the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. This led the PEI to reassess the situation and recommend that administration of the vaccine be temporarily suspended as a precautionary measure while further investigations are conducted. The suspension affects both first vaccination and the second s
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