Covid vaccine would begin to be delivered at the “end of this year, beginning of next year”, says one of the vaccine creatorsworldUpdated: Nov 15, 2020, 23:14 ISTThe new Covid vaccine being developed by Pfizer and BioNTech would begin to be delivered at the “end of this year, beginning of next year” if everything continued to go well, one of its creators said on Sunday. Last week, BioNTech and co-developers Pfizer said preliminary analysis showed their vaccine could prevent more than 90 per cent of people from getting Covid-19. Sahin said he was confident the vaccine would reduce transmission between people as well as stop symptoms developing in someone who has had the vaccine. The UK is expected to get 10 million doses of the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine by the end of the year, with a further 30 million doses already ordered. “The first interim analysis of our global Phase 3 study provides evidence that a vaccine may effectively prevent Covid-19.

Source: Hindustan Times November 15, 2020 17:45 UTC