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Germany news: Thomas Kielinger said the country’s vaccine rollout gave a ‘national malaise’ (Image: GETTY) READ MORE Writing in The Telegraph, Mr Kielinger also referenced the German medical authorities controversial refusal to approve the Oxford and AstraZeneca vaccine for those over 65-years-old. According to health ministers, 1.45 million doses had been delivered to Germany, but only 240,000 had been used by February 23. Mr Kielinger added later: “Germans wonder, why couldn’t their leaders come up with an orderly way of distributing the vaccines? “But a multiplicity of authorit...

Mr Mertens said on Friday Stiko would update its recommendation on the Oxford jab “very soon”, saying it was “possible” over-65s would be cleared to take it. In an interview with German broadcaster ZDF, he defended Stiko’s initial ruling on the vaccine, and pointed to a lack of data available at the time. He said: “We never criticised the vaccine, we just criticised the lack of data for the over-65 age group.” But he then admitted the distinction between the vaccines efficacy and a lack of data was lost on the German public, and added: “The whole thing has somehow gone wrong.�...

He insisted, in future, European leaders should listen to their scientific advisors the same way Britain has. Mr Swarbrick said: "Europe is set to approve AstraZeneca for the over 65s, in the coming weeks. "What is your personal view in how that has been handled?" Mr Read replied: "I think the European politicians made a grave mistake. EU made 'grave mistake' delaying AstraZeneca vaccine as member states backtrack (Image: LBC) EU news: EU member states Germany and France are expected to begin using the AstraZeneca vaccine on the over-65s in their population (Image: Getty) "Our politicians don...