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The Pfizer vaccine is already being used in the US.
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Around 10,000 doses of Biontech and Pfizer’s corona vaccine could be used in Austria “in some selected nursing homes and nursing homes” before the end of the year, according to a previous report by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), which should be available December 21.
That’s what Covid Special Representative Clemens Martin Auer said on Wednesday on “Ö1-Morgenjournal.”
On Sunday it was still assumed in Austria that the first delivery of the vaccine was expected in early January. The EMA explained the date, which is now eight days ahead, saying that the vaccine test is going better than expected; the media reported, however, growing pressure from EU governments. The EMA Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) meets on the 21st, after which the EU Commission must give its pro forma approval so that the preparation produced in Belgium can be delivered.
According to Auer, the earlier approval simply means that the Pfizer company, due to its contractual obligation, delivers about 10,000 cans immediately after approval, “there will be no more” in the first round. On the 23rd or 24th, but due to public holidays no later than December 28th, he hopes that the vaccination can start in Vienna and Lower Austria.
Large deliveries in January
In any case, the vaccines are not yet in Austria, the EU states “would not buy a pig in a push,” Auer said. In the course of January it will continue with some 230,000 cans from Biontech / Pfizer. These vaccination doses will also be used in nursing homes and for the elderly in accordance with the Austrian vaccination strategy.
The next delivery should also take place in January: 200,000 cans of Moderna. This will allow immunization of healthcare workers in hospitals, ordinations, etc. and from high-risk groups. The third batch of vaccines should come from AstraZeneca and is the highest with around two million doses of vaccine. With this, the second phase of the vaccination plan begins: vaccinations for all people over 65 years of age and those with systemic risk in the areas of education, security, justice and critical infrastructure.
The willingness to vaccinate decreases
Shortly before the approval of corona vaccines, the decline in Austrians’ willingness to get vaccinated is problematic: only one in five (22 percent) currently wants to be safely immunized, one in four (27 percent) at least probably, according to the current Gallup Institute poll. The fourth such survey shows that readiness is declining.
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