A homegrown german vaccine developer so why wasnt germany the 1st approved vaccine i put that very question a short time ago to peter cram star hes heading a vaccination approval study here in germany for drugmaker cure back. Yes we are very happy. However. In the. It must not the 1st one it is the 1st one proved the below tech vaccine but we should not forget to discuss vaccines against. Proved by the chinese and by russian government and regulatory bodies they improved our vaccines 1st already in summer and well you hope that means continue in the who will have to 1st approval in the European Union. So would you say 3 vaccines already been approved and many more awaiting approval that this is the beginning of the end of the coronavirus pandemic. Well this is how i see it it will be certainly a change in the us after having discussed axing orders and European Union and hopefully soon or so in other countries and read about since i rolled out big vaccination campaigns with the start of
A special session is there a little time lateral way out of this pandemic. Im off its good to have you with us we start tonight with the latest from the pandemic here in germany and the news is not good the head of the countrys Public Health institute says that germany is still nowhere near bringing the 2nd wave of corona virus infections under control a partial lockdown in place since early november has stabilized the numbers but those numbers remain too high. The coronavirus pandemic is not yet letting up in germany. The head of the countrys federal Health Agency issued a stark warning. Many people are still getting infected with cold and 19 and the numbers are still too high they are on a plateau but they are not yet falling noticeably. We also see that the number of serious outbreaks and deaths is increasing from week to week but since both of these always occur with a certain delay we must expect many more here. Germany has been under a partial lockdown since november 2nd the dail
Its very difficult for some doctors to understand when they look at me. I look healthy. Physically, im reasonably strong. At least i appear to be and then you get dismissed very quickly. They say her mind is not ok. Im not afraid, but i still wonder if i will ever be the same again as a coded survivor, peggy has officially recovered from the illness. But she says it feels like corona virus has stolen her healthy body and left there with a sick one in its place. Peggy has been here for 2 weeks now. Her main goal is to get her Mental Health back on track. So more you live your life, 5 days, it was a weekend and so on. My life might be more intense than it was before. On the one hand, id like it to be like it was before on the other. The world is just falling apart because of the pandemic right now. At the moment, life is dramatically different for everyone. I think ill be a different person than i was before. Says thats ok. Peggy, good and has 3 more weeks of rehab ahead of her. All she
Efficacy, but also on their safety profile. And this is why i think this needs to be properly communicated to citizens in europe and beyond. And is that infrastructure here in europe . How and who will deliver these vaccines throughout the European Union . Yes, as i said, governments are already the and how been working with the companies in the past few months to make sure that whenever these projects are authorized because we need to this is not a minor detail lander stand and there is a lot of political pressure and all sorts of pressure to get to the point of the authorization. But as i said, we need to let the regulators do their job properly and take their time in assessing these data, which is something that by the pharmaceutical companies. And then i think we see in the coming months the Production Capacity is already strengthened. And therefore, depending on the company, depending on the vaccine pounding date, i think we will see before the summer and depending on when the sta
Who was assassinated on friday to promise retaliation in what its calling to tom. And in sports, a frightening crash leaves racing fans. But formula one driver remained gross. You escaped with his life and walked away from this a great bowl of coffee. Its good to have you with us tonight with the corona virus continuing to impact life around the world. The race for and approved vaccine is on. Now u. S. Drug firm mcdermott says its applying for emergency approval of its coated 1000 vaccine in both europe and the u. S. Now that could lead to distribution in the u. S. As soon as december, the company says full trial results show its vaccine was 94 percent effective. With no serious safety concerns, the filing sets up mcgurn as a product to be the 2nd vaccine likely to receive special authorization after one developed by pfizer and bio on 10 are joining me now is young. Its not says he is with the European Public health alliance. He is, a board member of the European Medicines Agency, the