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In Germany, the AstraZeneca vaccine is now only approved for people over 60 years of age. In addition, the Permanent Commission on Vaccination (Stiko) has now recommended a different vaccine for the second vaccination to younger people who have been vaccinated. Those under the age of 60 who have been vaccinated once with AstraZeneca should receive a serum from Biontech or Moderna after twelve weeks instead of the second dose of AstraZeneca, the panel announced.
Meanwhile, Stiko chief Thomas Mertens commented on the changing recommendations of his expert committee regarding the AstraZeneca vaccine in the magazine “Spiegel”: “The Paul Ehrlich Institute (PEI) responsible for monitoring safety in Germany had recognized a very clear signal that Stiko had to react, “Mertens said.
He does not see any damage to the image of the vaccination campaign. “The current situation shows that the security system in Germany works. He thinks it is a shame” that here only the negative is emphasized. Now it depends on redistribution so as not to jeopardize the vaccination rate. “There are enough people in Germany over 60 who want to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and have not yet been vaccinated. They can get the AstraZeneca vaccine. So there are no doses of vaccines,” Mertens emphasized.
The federal government had just decided Tuesday to inoculate AstraZeneca only to people over the age of 60. The background for this is thrombosis, particularly among younger women.
President Steinmeier vaccinated
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (65) had been vaccinated with AstraZeneca on Thursday. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (71, CSU) rejects AstraZeneca: “I will not patronize,” Seehofer said. Andreas Gassen, head of the compulsory health insurance doctors, said: “That is only useful up to a point. I do not know the constellation of risks of Mr. Seehofer, but when in doubt, silence would probably have been the wisest option in this case.”
