Biontech will reduce the delivery volume of its corona vaccine in the coming weeks. This was announced by the Federal Ministry of Health.
Munich – The German vaccine manufacturer Biontech * will reduce the promised delivery quantity of its Corona * vaccine in the next two weeks.
The company plans to deliver additional cans for this at the end of June. The Federal Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday, citing company information, to keep the delivery promise for the current quarter as a whole. The difference should then only be delivered and compensated for in the two weeks of June 21 and June 28.
Biontech only initially supplies less corona vaccine
The ministry expressly emphasized that this change would have no impact on the delivery quantities promised to the countries.
According to the ministry, the postponement should not have any impact on deliveries to the vaccination centers in the federal states. Regarding the practices, the ministry said that upcoming second vaccinations were secured there. Initial vaccinations should also continue to be given. As in vaccination centers, more second vaccinations than first vaccinations are to be expected in practices in the coming weeks. The National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians had previously informed that the practices would receive around one million Biontech doses less than planned in the first week of June.
According to a current survey by the ministry, 50.3 million vaccine doses are expected from Biontech for the entire second quarter. There are also to be at least 12.4 million cans from Astrazeneca, 10.1 million cans from Johnson & Johnson and 6.4 million cans from Moderna. (dpa / afp / rjs) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN-MEDIA.
