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May 11, 2021 | 10:17 AM
BERLIN (Reuters) â German Health Minister Jens Spahn has called on the European Commission to order COVID-19 booster vaccines for 2022/2023 from at least four companies, a letter seen by Reuters on Tuesday showed.
âIt is my firm belief that it is inevitable to continue to apply a portfolio approach to vaccines procurement also for 2022/2023, including vaccines of different technologies and from different companies capable of timely deliveries,â he wrote.
âTherefore, two mRNA-vaccines and at least two additional technologies should be included. I very much hope that you can support this approach,â he wrote in the letter to the European Commissioner dated May 6.
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German Health Minister Jens Spahn announced Monday the country was making the single-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine available to all adults, lifting a prioritization that limited the shot only to those 60 and older.
Like the AstraZeneca vaccine before it, Germany had limited the use of the Johnson & Johnson shot after several cases of blood clots were reported among younger recipients of the vaccine.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has said blood clots should be listed as a rare side effect of both the Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca shots but that the benefits continue to outweigh risks. The EMA left it up to individual European nations as to how they would administer the shots.
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Authorities made 2,000 AstraZeneca doses available at Cologne’s Central Mosque in a two-day immunisation effort after age restrictions were lifted on Thursday.
People started queuing at 4am after locals were told they could get a shot without booking in advance.
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The mosque, the largest in Germany, welcomed the campaign and assured Muslims that they could get a shot during Ramadan.
The vaccines were open to all local citizens, not just Muslims, and their appointment for a second AstraZeneca dose will take place at the same venue.
“I thank the city of Cologne and the doctors’ association of Cologne for using our mosque for this vaccination campaign,” mosque head Kazim Turkmen said.
Third wave of pandemic appears to be broken : German health minister
FILE PHOTO: German Health Minister Jens Spahn listens to questions during a media conference on the situation of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Berlin, Germany April 29, 2021. John Macdougall/Pool via REUTERS reuters tickers
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May 7, 2021 - 09:21
BERLIN (Reuters) - The third wave of the coronavirus pandemic appears to be broken, German Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Friday, as social distancing measures and an accelerating vaccination campaign help lower the infection rate. The third wave appears to be broken, Spahn told a regular weekly news briefing on Germany s pandemic management.