“Europe, definitive stop to contracts possible” – Libero Quotidiano

Yet another bomb dropped on the vaccine AstraZeneca. The use of the vaccine is at the center of a great debate, mainly among the member countries of the European Union. At last Wednesday’s decision, April 14, 2021, of the Denmark to permanently suspend the administration of the Anglo-Swedish preparation in the territory, accompanied by the fainting live of the official who announced the stop, a position could now follow of the EU. “Probably that the European Union does not renew its anti-Covid vaccine contracts with the pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca, “said the French Minister of Industry Agnès Pannier-Runacher. The Castex government exponent hopes that the vaccines Novavax e Sanofi are ready in the second half of the year. At the moment the France would opt for an extension of the contracts stipulated with Pfizer and Moderna.

Today in Germany, the finance minister Olaf Scholz will receive the dose Vaxezvira (so AstraZeneca was called). The German media speculate that the Chancellor could do the same Angela Merkel, which, however, did not confirm the news. The print reports that, in Italy, spare doses are currently being offered to healthcare professionals under 60, contrary to what is indicated by the Ministry of Health which “recommends” them only for those over that age. As emerges from the testimony reported by Press, health professionals show up for the appointment without knowing which vaccine they will receive. Once present on the call, they are told that he is only available AstraZeneca. Take or leave. In the second case, the operators go home without knowing when they will be called back to make a vaccine produced by a different pharmaceutical company.

The vaccine produced by the Anglo-Swedish company is putting the vaccination campaign at European level in serious difficulty. Delays in deliveries first, not fully met by AstraZeneca, then the chaos around the rare cases of thrombosis, have destabilized the use of the vaccine. Thanks also to an unclear communication from the institutions, people have begun to fear AstraZeneca. The result was numerous vaccine cancellations, but not just AstraZeneca, but vaccines in general. Instead of raising public awareness of vaccinations, the often contradicted statements only increased their concern about it.