화이자 코로나 백신, 예방효과 90% 넘어…"마침내 빛이 보인다"<br /><br />We start with some good news, American biopharmaceutical company Pfizer,... which is developing its COVID-19 vaccine with its German partner, says its current vaccine candidate may be more than 90-percent effective.<br />The news is expected to shed positive light to the global community which saw increasing infection numbers in recent days.<br />Lee Seung-jae reports.<br />With over 50 million COVID-19 cases reported so far,... the world is in dire need of a working vaccine.<br />The latest announcement by Pfizer is a welcome one,... as the American biopharmaceutical company announced Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine may be more than 90-percent effective,... based on its early and incomplete test results,... which nevertheless bring some much-needed optimism.<br />The news comes from an analysis of a study involving over 43-thousand volunteers.<br />Forty-two percent of whom come from "diverse backgrounds".<br />Each participant received two injections,... 21 days apart.<br />Pfizer and its Germany partner BioNTech say the results from 94 evaluable cases of COVID-19 show the vaccine is more than 90-percent effective,... much higher than the U.S. FDA minimum effectiveness bar of 50-percent.<br />The vaccine is the first in development to have data proving to exceed the minimum.<br />With the announcement,... WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus took to Twitter on Monday,... calling the results "encouraging",... while sending his "salute" to scientists around the world who are developing vaccines.<br />The WHO's senior advisor Bruce Aylward,... while addressing the WHO's annual ministerial assembly, also called Pfizer's phase-three trial "very positive".<br />Tedros believes a COVID-19 vaccine may be rolled by March next year to the most vulnerable,... and could fundamentally change the course of the pandemic,... which has so far killed more than 1-point-26 million people worldwide.<br />Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.<br />
