코로나 백신 개발사 CEO "내년 겨울엔 일상으로 돌아갈 수 있다"<br /><br />The chief executive of BioNTech,... one of the companies working with Pfizer on developing a COVID-19 vaccine,... says he's hopeful its potential vaccine could help life return to normality by next winter.<br />Lee Seung-jae reports.<br />It's been nearly a year since the first outbreak of COVID-19,... a virus which has killed over a million people worldwide,... and infected over 54 million.<br />With the massive global resurgence,... returning to how things were pre-pandemic remains gloomy.<br />However,... the CEO of BioNTech, Ugur Sahin,... speaking to 'The Andrew Marr Show' on the BBC on Sunday,.... said the chance of getting the pandemic under control has received a boost since Pfizer and the Germany biotech company reported last week an over 90-percent efficacy on its trial vaccine.<br />According to Sahin,... if all goes as planned,... the world could return to normality by next winter.<br />On when the first batch could be available,... Sahin says it could be delivered from the end of this year,... or the start of 2021,... "if everything continues to go well”.<br />He added the company's goal is to deliver more than 300 million doses through April next year,... which could start to curb the spread of the virus.<br />The BioNTech chief believes the bigger impact will happen next summer,... when more doses are distributed to the general public.<br />Last week Pfizer announced that the trial vaccine was more than 90-percent effective in preventing the virus among volunteers,... who had no evidence of prior COVID-19 infection.<br />If the results hold up,... the level of protection could be similar to highly effective childhood vaccines, such as those for measles.<br />Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.<br /><br />
