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After the Biontech vaccine, Moderna, which is more important for Switzerland, is now also in use. The differences between the two vaccines.
On Monday, December 21, the first people in the United States received a first dose of the Moderna vaccine. This is more important for Switzerland than the Biontech vaccine which is already available due to the higher quantity requested.
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The Biontech and Pfizer vaccine has been approved in Switzerland since the weekend, and the first people will receive their first dose on Wednesday. Moderna’s vaccine, which is produced in part in Valais near Lonza, should also be approved soon. Both are so-called mRNA vaccines, which do not contain weakened or killed viruses like previous vaccines, but only the building instructions for a component of the coronavirus, a protein on the surface of the virus. With the guidance of the mRNA molecule, the cells of the body produce the virus protein against which the body activates the immune response. If a person comes into contact with the coronavirus later, the body can fight it specifically because it already knows the protein.
