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“I assume that the other interested population can then be vaccinated step by step from the second quarter. We are currently preparing the vaccination logistics for this, ”he explained in a broadcast on Wednesday.
In response to a request from the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Health emphasized that people who are at higher personal or systemic risk should be vaccinated first. On the one hand it is about the personnel of health and care facilities, on the other hand it is about those people who have a personal risk of suffering a serious illness or dying from a Covid-19 infection, the Anschober office referred to the population older than 70 years. Years and members of risk groups.
“We will create low-threshold access to the Covid-19 vaccine. It will go where people work, live or stay,” he said. Vaccinations are likely to be carried out not only in the usual locations, but also, for example, by mobile vaccination teams. Possible vaccination sites also depend on the properties of the vaccines, for example with regard to storage.
The ministry is currently developing a national vaccination strategy in close cooperation with the National Vaccination Committee and based on the EU vaccination strategy. This must continually be adapted according to the new findings and can only be finalized when one or more vaccines are actually approved, he said.
Market approval by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) determines the exact time of delivery. “For me, safety is at the forefront. That is why it is important that the approval process is ensured in full,” Anschober said in the broadcast. “The first approvals could take place at the end of the year,” he expected. “Austria has played an important role in ensuring that the acquisition of the Covid-19 vaccine does not lead to individual national efforts, but to a joint European effort. That greatly strengthens us in Austria,” praised the Minister for European Cooperation.
The exact vaccination strategy and logistics are still under preparation in Austria. The Chamber of Pharmacists asked for timely planning and offered as a partner. The largest vaccination campaign the country has ever seen is imminent.
The Pharmaceutical Industry Association (Pharmig) “is confident that we will begin 2021 with an effective weapon against the current rampant coronavirus,” announced Pharmig Secretary General Alexander Herzog. “However, the euphoria should not hide that the active principles that are being investigated still have to pass a series of tests,” explained the representative of the association. “Even if positive results are already showing in a very short time, the speed of research for an effective new vaccine does not come at the expense of safety,” Herzog said.
