Germany Reveals Covid-19 Vaccine Shortage

New health minister says in direct contact with vaccine makers
Inoculation campaign has been less successful than EU peers

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By Iain Rogers

December 15, 2021 at 6:47 AM UTC

Updated on

December 15, 2021 at 11:09 AM UTC

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Germany’s new Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said he’s in direct contact with manufacturers of Covid-19 vaccines to increase deliveries after discovering the country is short supplies for early next year.

“We have a shortage of vaccine for the first quarter and I have already been working for several days to correct it,” Lauterbach, who took office last week, said late Tuesday in an interview with ARD television.