Prof Sahin said BioNTech is currently conducting further studies (Danny Lawson/PA)German pharmaceutical company BioNTech is confident that its coronavirus vaccine works against the new UK variant but further studies are needed to be completely sure, its chief executive said. Mr Marett said BioNTech is examining ways to deliver more than the 1.3 billion doses currently planned worldwide for 2021. We don’t know yet Sean Marett, BioNTech“This virus is not going to go away,” Mr Marett told the AP. Germany is among the European countries that have banned flights from the UK because of the new variant there. But Lothar Wieler, the head of Germany’s national disease control centre, said it was very likely the UK variant is already circulating in Germany.

Source: Irish Independent December 22, 2020 09:21 UTC