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An application has also been submitted to the European Medicines Agency (Ema) for the approval of the corona vaccine in the EU, a decision on this is still pending. In early December, the UK Pharmaceuticals Regulatory Authority granted emergency readiness approval for Biontech / Pfizer. Britain became the first state in the world to approve the vaccine. Meanwhile, Canada, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, among others, have approved the vaccine.
Pfizer / Biontech’s so-called mRNA vaccine is about 95 percent effective based on an extensive series of tests, as announced by the manufacturers. This means that 95 percent fewer illnesses occurred among subjects in the vaccinated group than among subjects in the control group. The study has now also been published in the renowned “New England Journal of Medicine” (NEJM).
According to the manufacturer, the vaccine works equally well in all age groups and other demographic differences and shows virtually no serious side effects. The tests had examined protection against Covid 19 disease.
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Conditional approval granted
Conditional approval, as is the current case for the Biontech vaccine, is intended to meet urgent medical needs. Applicants may obtain conditional approval in the interest of public health if the benefits outweigh the risk posed by less data than is normally required. Missing data, for example on long-term efficacy or on certain subgroups, should be submitted as soon as possible.
First vaccines on the weekend
After emergency approval for a crownvaccine at U.S The president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, promised his compatriots the first vaccines this weekend. “First vaccine it will be administered in less than 24 hours, ”Trump announced in a video he posted on Twitter on Friday night (local time).
His government has already started vaccine from the Mainz pharmaceutical company Biontech and the American company Pfizer to every state in the US Their governors would decide who would get vaccines there first.
Trump emphasized that vaccines are free for all Americans. Looking at the development of the Vaccine in record time he said: “This is one of the greatest scientific achievements in history.” the vaccine it will save millions of lives “and will soon end the pandemic once and for all.” Trump presented the development as a success for his administration, which is not true. The president said, “The pandemic may have started in China, but we are ending it right here in the United States.”
Republican Trump has a choice in the U.S lost to Democrat Joe Biden on November 3. Experts also attribute this to Trump’s crisis management of the pandemic, which Americans give poor marks in polls. Biden will be sworn in on January 20. Immediately afterwards, the Democrat wants to start a 100-day plan to combat the corona virus.
Runaway pandemic in the US
By Wednesday, the death toll in a single day had surpassed 3,000 for the first time. According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University, the number of new registered infections was more than 200,000 in recent days.
