‘Anyone who wants to be vaccinated can make an appointment with a doctor or at a vaccination center’
A post shared on Facebook claims Germany halted the use of all COVID-19 vaccines for two weeks due safety concerns. Verdict: False There is no record of Germany suspending the use of all COVID-19 vaccines for two weeks. A spokesperson for Germany’s Federal Ministry of Health told Check Your Fact the claim was inaccurate. The Aug.28 post portrays itself as a “breaking news” alert, saying in part, “Germany halts all C19 vaccines, saying they are unsafe and no longer recommended! There has been a 2 week pause so they can reflect on the damages being caused to their people, NO ONE CAN GET IT and the vaccine license has been put on pause!” The Paul Ehrlich Institute, the vaccine regulator within the German Federal Ministry of Health, currently lists four authorized COVID-19 vaccines – Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson – on its website. It has not put out any press release announcing the pausing of all COVID-19 vaccines due to safety concerns, as of the time of publication. The Federal Ministry of Health and the Robert Koch Institute, the country’s national disease control center, have not put out any statements about a two-week halt of use of all COVID-19 vaccines either.
