A senior German immunologist has urged Angela Merkel to be vaccinated with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine live on television. France's government has since said it wants to 'rehabilitate' the AstraZeneca vaccine. In order for us to reach our vaccination goals we need people to get this [AstraZeneca] vaccine. He told the BBC: If at that point Angela Merkel were to go on live television and have the [AstraZeneca] vaccine, that would be great.' Germany's health minister Jens Spahn acknowledged that 'too much vaccine is sitting in the fridge', after Merkel said the AstraZeneca vaccine had an 'acceptance problem'.

Source: The Nation February 28, 2021 20:48 UTC