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DThe European Medicines Agency Ema recommends today whether the Astra-Zeneca vaccine should continue to be vaccinated without restrictions. The Amsterdam authority has announced that it will announce its decision in the afternoon. It depends on whether the drug can be re-inoculated in Germany.
Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn stopped vaccines on Monday on the recommendation of the Paul Ehrlich Institute due to seven rare cases of cerebral vein thrombosis that occurred in people who were vaccinated with the Astra-Zeneca agent. Many other EU countries also took this step.
Three deaths in Germany
Now an eighth case has been added in Germany. Women between the ages of 20 and 50 are particularly affected. According to the Paul Ehrlich Institute, there are three deaths. On Tuesday, however, Ema still claimed that for them the benefits of the vaccine still outweigh the risks. The World Health Organization (WHO) made a similar statement on Wednesday.
A survey on Wednesday also showed that the development has hardly affected vaccination readiness in Germany. Ema is considered possible to recommend vaccination with Astra-Zeneca to other people, but it requires conditions and a separate warning appears on the package leaflet.
Backing for Spahn
The head of the CDU, Armin Laschet, has defended the preventive stop of the corona vaccines with the preparation of Astra-Zeneca. The Health Minister had no choice but to follow the recommendations of the Paul Ehrlich Institute, Laschet said Wednesday night on the ARD “maischberger” program. the week. “” Politics can’t help but follow science, “Laschet said. The NRW Prime Minister stood in front of the criticized Health Minister. Spahn has” the hardest job of all. “
The European Medicines Agency in Amsterdam today wants to make its recommendation on the Astra-Zeneca vaccine.
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Rhineland-Palatinate Prime Minister Malu Dreyer (SPD) also defended Spahn against criticism. She told the “Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung” that Astra-Zeneca’s temporary vaccination ban “was not a good time to point out blame.”
“The Paul Ehrlich Institute, responsible for the approval of vaccines, advised the Minister of Health to suspend the vaccines and review them again. The Minister of Health would have needed very good arguments to simply ignore this recommendation, ”said Dreyer. Vaccination is based on trust. Suspected cases are now being examined by Ema, which is very strict. Then you have clarity.
“Germany promotes vaccination confusion”
Green MEP Sven Giegold criticized the federal government for its handling of the Astra-Zeneca Feed vaccine. “Germany promotes confusion about vaccination in Europe. While the EU Medicines Agency has yet to propose a suspension of the vaccines, Germany has followed suit. Germany’s decision has promoted a domino effect, “said Giegold of the” Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung. “Due to the very low number of cases of side effects, the entire European vaccination campaign is stalling.” Confidence in the Astra-Zeneca vaccine it is very damaged ”.
CDU President Laschet called for a uniform reaction across Europe to Ema’s long-awaited recommendation. There must be “a single European language” for vaccines. So far, the handling of vaccine problems in the EU “went wrong in every way”.
