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Although the EU has recently been struggling with AstraZeneca to deliver vaccine doses on time, EU countries have not yet used much of the dose they have already received and the public has doubts about the vaccine’s efficacy.
France, according to data from the country’s Health Ministry, had used just 16% to 1.1 million on Friday. the dose he received from the first delivery in early February, writes the Financial Times.
Germany, according to Thursday, had used just over a fifth of the 1.45 million. doses, the same proportion in Italy, which has received more than 1 million. dose. Spain used just under a third of the 808,000 doses.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel acknowledged that there is currently a problem with the acceptance of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which has slowed down the vaccination process. In an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine on Thursday, Merkel urged people to keep an open mind: all institutions tell us that we can trust this vaccine.
Health experts speculate that the already slow vaccination process could be further delayed if vaccination against AstraZeneca remains so slow. According to Our World, there are currently 6.82 people vaccinated per 100,000 inhabitants in the EU, compared to 28.6 in the UK, 20.4 in the US and 91 in Israel.
One of the main reasons AstraZeneca receives a worse rating than others is the political choice of many countries to restrict vaccination to older companies until more data is available on its effectiveness in the general population. The efficacy of the vaccine against new mutations and their possible side effects has also been questioned.
It is important that the Strategic Advisory Group on Immunization of the World Health Organization recommended that AstraZeneca be given to everyone over 18 years of age.
AstraZeneca ensures that in the second quarter of the year it will deliver the same dose to the European Union. It was previously announced that the company intends to deliver only slightly less than half of the 180 million contracted during this period. vaccine dose.
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