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Germany needs 200 million vaccine doses next year as a buffer – ministry paper

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Germany needs 200 million vaccine doses next year as a buffer – ministry paper

Germany needs 200 million vaccine doses next year as a buffer – ministry paper

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany plans to buy some 204 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine for 2022, far more than the two each needed for its 84 million population, in order to have a comfortable buffer in case of mutations or a need for booster shots.

A health ministry paper seen by Reuters said that the contract the European Union signed with Biontech and Pfizer for their mRNA-type vaccine covered Germany’s needs next year in the best case, but the extra would provide added security.

The paper said at least one other mRNA-type vaccine should be procured, as well as a vaccine using another technology, to help guard against production bottlenecks.

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