Health Minister Johannes Rauch (Greens) has sharply criticized the Chamber of Pharmacists in the Paxlovid dispute. They have not yet been able to explain to him where the delivered packages of Covid medication have gone. You get different numbers every day, says Rauch. “They can’t have just disappeared off the face of the earth.”
“I expect clarity to emerge,” Rauch said on Tuesday. Every step will be taken to ensure full transparency from the room. 123,000 doses were purchased for community pharmacies. These had initially been around for a long time and were not prescribed. By the end of October, 77,000 of these had been invoiced. “The room couldn’t explain to me where the rest was.”
Looking for the missing cans
The billing information was apparently incomplete, the ministry said. The chamber provided explanations, such as private prescriptions or destruction, but no evidence. “I demand full billing information from the chamber,” Rauch said. “Where are these packages, how were they distributed?” Every step is now being taken to find the missing cans.
Pirola & Co.: Virologist locates record wave
Meanwhile, virologist Andreas Bergthaler spoke in the Ö1 “Morgenjournal” about a wave “that may not have been observed at a peak so far during the pandemic,” citing data from wastewater monitoring. Omicron subvariants such as Pirola are responsible for 35 percent of the measured infection rates in wastewater. It can be assumed that “these variants will continue to spread,” leading to the conclusion that the wave of infections “may continue for a little longer.”
Corona “weather report”
Bergthaler introduced well-known protective measures such as masks, tests and vaccinations, while advocating for easier access. He also referred to the EU’s efforts to merge the data to “have a column, almost like a weather forecast, indicating whether there is a particularly high risk of infection in the coming days.” This would also be conceivable for other diseases such as influenza or RSV.
Source: Krone
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