New data from health research institute Robert Koch Institute (RKI) shows that for 11 of Germany’s 16 states, over half of the AstraZeneca vaccines received have not been administered. For example in Saxony, the situation is particularly bad, with only 15.1% of the state’s AstraZeneca supplies having been administered to people. READ ALSO: How German states are speeding up the AstraZeneca vaccine rollout? Why’s the AstraZeneca vaccine being affected in particular? Germany has a history of vaccine scepticism and the way the government has handled the authorisation of the AstraZeneca vaccine has only exacerbated this.

Source: The Local March 08, 2021 14:37 UTC