One of the scientists behind the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine says he's confident that normal life will return by next winter. Professor Ugur Sahin, chief executive of BioNTech, said it was 'absolutely essential' to have a high vaccination rate before autumn next year to ensure success. 'The bigger impact will happen until summer, the summer will help us anyway because the infection rate will go down in summer.' He added: 'What is absolutely essential is that we get a high vaccination rate before autumn/winter next year, so that means all the immunisation, vaccination approaches must be accomplished before next autumn. 'I'm confident that this will happen, because a number of vaccine companies have been asked to increase the supply, and so that we could have a normal winter next year.'

Source: Daily Mail November 15, 2020 14:33 UTC