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Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz will travel to Israel on March 4, along with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. A meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled. The Chancellor announced this on Friday during a background discussion in front of journalists.
The objective of the trip is a cooperation between the three countries in the research and production of corona vaccines in phase II, that is, when current vaccines against mutations have partially lost their effectiveness. Kurz already mentioned a specific project: the Klosterneuburg vaccine manufacturer “Polymun”, which is already involved in the production of the Biontech / Pfizer vaccine, will be part of the cooperation. In addition, two other Austrian pharmaceutical companies are under discussion for the production of other corona vaccines. There is also an Israeli-Danish pharmaceutical company that will be included in the three-country project.
“Our priority is to accelerate the production and acquisition of vaccines for the future. We agreed on this in the videoconference of the European Council. We also have to prepare for more mutations and possibly new pandemics, ”Kurz said.
