Austria Wants Covid Vaccine Contracts Renegotiated

Countries ♦ Published: September 6, 2022; 21:51 ♦ (Vindobona)

Austria's Health Minister Johannes Rauch wants to renegotiate existing CoV vaccine contracts. Rauch said he wants to negotiate more flexibility with vaccine manufacturers at the informal meeting of EU health ministers in Prague.

The goal of renegotiating with vaccine makers, Health Minister Rauch said, is to call off vaccines as needed, delay some for next year until fall and also be able to pass on doses. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / U.S. Secretary of Defense, CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)

The goal of these renegotiations, according to ORF, is to call off vaccines as needed, postpone a portion for next year until fall and also be able to pass on doses.

According to ORF, Rauch said a vaccine shortage is not expected "Everyone currently has too…