The document follows the weekend criticism of Health Minister Jens Spahn led including his conservative political allies that Germany has failed to provide enough vaccines and has been very slow in its vaccine campaign.

Great Britain's move to delay management of a second dose has been welcomed by a number of German health experts and comes as governments try to provide protection against the choreographer for as many people as possible by giving them a dose, as soon as possible, and delaying the second.

Because of the current lack of vaccines and the very high number of infected and hospitalised (in Germany), a strategy is more effective, through which as many people are vaccinated as possible, Leif-Eric Sander, head of the vaccine research team at the Charite Hospital in Berlin, said.

According to the latest update by the Robert Koch Institute, Germany has vaccinated some 239,000 people since the beginning of its campaign on December 27th.

As a comparison, Great Britain has administered over one million vaccines so far, more than the rest of Europe together, Health Minister Matt Hancock said on Monday.

Danish health authorities are also considering the possibility of extending the time gap between two doses of vaccines.

The health ministry is considering an interval of 3 to 6 weeks, Ekstra Bldet reported, citing sources.

In clinical trials, vaccine companies have not tested a longer interval between two doses of vaccines.

The Reuters agency reports that some scientists have said postponing the vaccine's second dose was a reasonable plan in view of extraordinary circumstances.