Police in Germany have refused to be vaccinated against the coronavirus with the AstraZeneca vaccine due to fear of side effects. The Berliner Zeitung reports.
Berlin authorities made a proposal to vaccinate police officers. According to the Berliner Zeitung, following these orders, the officers cautiously discussed the politicians’ plans in chats.
Representatives of professional associations urged not to sacrifice the health of police officers and assess the risks of vaccination. Some of them recalled that the effectiveness of the drug AstraZeneca is estimated at only 60 percent. It has also been called the “second grade” vaccine.
In total, several COVID-19 vaccines are widely used worldwide. Among them are the drugs of the American pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Moderna, the Swedish-British company AstraZeneca, the Russian vaccine “Sputnik V”, as well as the development of the Chinese companies Sinopharm, Sinovac and CanSino. Currently, over 200 vaccines are in development, of which more than 60 are in clinical trials.