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Lat­est News – 14 March 2024

Quick Links – Answers to most Frequently Asked Questions

Information on Batch Testing of the COVID-19 Vaccines

Is the quality of vaccine batches guaranteed to be consistent?

Are mRNA vaccine batches checked for residual DNA content?

Methodology for Testing COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines for Alleged Contaminants

Reporting Suspected Cases of Adverse Events

In the interest of monitoring the safety of vaccines and biomedicines, we ask you to report suspected cases of adverse events online. The Paul-Ehrlich-Institut provides a form for this purpose at www.nebenwirkungen.bund.de. After submitting a report, you will receive a confirmation of receipt and a specific PEI number. However, this number is not used for personal contact with the vaccinated person or their relatives.

The Paul-Ehrlich-Institut requires suspected case reports for signal detection – i.e. for identifying possible, previously unknown vaccine risks. The Paul-Ehrlich-Institut cannot offer individual vaccination advice, as it is not a clinical institution. If you suspect you have experienced an adverse event or vaccination complication, please contact your attending physician for clarification and treatment.

Online Reporting of Side Effects (German only)

Explanatory Videos: How the Safe­ty of Medic­i­nal Prod­ucts Is Mon­i­tored – The Spon­ta­neous Re­port­ing Sys­tem

Da­ta on suspected Ad­verse Drug Re­ac­tions

Responsibilities for the Recognition of Vaccine Damage

According to section 24 of the Social Code (Sozialgesetzbuch, SGB) XIV, vaccination damage is understood to mean damage to one's health that exceeds the usual extent of a vaccination reaction. Section 5 of the SGB XIV regulates the degrees of damage and stipulates that temporary health conditions lasting up to six months are not to be considered as damage.

If a vaccinated person or their relatives suspect that they have suffered vaccination damage after a publicly recommended vaccination, they can submit an application for relief under the Federal War Victims Relief Act (Bundesversorgungsgesetz) in accordance with section 24 of the Social Code (SGB) XIV in conjunction with section 4 of the Social Code XIV. The application for compensation must be submitted to the Social Welfare Office in the federal state in whose territory the vaccination was carried out in accordance with section 113 subsection 5 of the SGB XIV. The Paul-Ehrlich-Institut is not responsible for processing recognition procedures for vaccination damages.

Reporting the suspicion of a vaccine side effect or vaccine complication within the meaning of section 6 of the Infection Protection Act (Infektionsschutzgesetz, IfSG) – i.e. the suspicion of damage beyond the usual extent of a vaccination reaction – to the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut does not constitute an application for recognition of vaccine damage. Submitting a report is separate from the application and serves to detect early indications of possible signals of serious side effects in order to initiate any necessary risk prevention measures.

Access to Infectious Disease Advice and Information for Doctors

The STAKOB (Permanent Working Group of Competence and Treatment Centres for high consequence infectious diseases), based at the RKI, offers individual infectiological advice for doctors in cooperation with the DGI (German Society for Infectious Diseases).

Infectiology Advice Network for Physicians – An offer from STAKOB and DGI (German only)

Updated: 14.03.2024