As BioNTech and other pharmaceutical companies leapt into action in search of the winning formula, Germany s army of "Mittelstand" companies and other bigger manufacturing and logistics experts would soon prove crucial.
101-year-old woman first in Germany to receive Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against coronavirus
The woman, Edith Kwoizalla, received the first shot of Pfizer-BioNTech, a day ahead of the official start of the country s vaccination campaign
BusinessToday.In | December 27, 2020 | Updated 12:11 IST
On December 21, the European Commission granted a conditional marketing authorisation (CMA) to Pfizer and BioNTech for active immunisation to prevent COVID-19
A 101-year-old woman became the first person in Germany to receive a vaccine against coronavirus on Saturday. The woman, Edith Kwoizalla, received the first shot of Pfizer-BioNTech, a day ahead of the official start of the country s vaccination campaign.
Kwoizalla was one of around 40 residents and 10 staff in a care home in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt to receive a jab of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Yesterday, German Health Minister Jens Spahn said that trucks were on their way to deliver the vaccine to nursing homes, which ar
German Health Minister Jens Spahn speaks during a news conference on the current situation concerning the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Berlin, Germany December 15, 2020. Tobias Schwarz/Pool via REUTERS
Germany on Tuesday extended a ban on arrivals from Britain, Northern Ireland and South Africa until January 6 after a new more infectious coronavirus strain appeared in the countries.
“The transport ban covers passenger traffic by train, bus, ship and flights directly from these countries,” the health ministry said in a statement.
“The order covers the period from December 22, 2020, until January 6, 2021.” x
It added that people who have valid residency permits for Germany could return from January 1.
COVID-19 mutant: No need to panic, govt on alert, says Dr Harsh Vardhan
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said that the new mutant strain of coronavirus is out of control . Britons have been asked to now stay at home and follow the strictest of coronavirus regulations
BusinessToday.In | December 21, 2020 | Updated 14:40 IST
Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has said that the government is on alert regarding the mutant coronavirus strain that has wreaked havoc in the UK. He said that there is no need to panic. The government is alert. There is no need to panic, said the minister during a press briefing on Monday.
Patient in Italy has new strain of coronavirus
December 21, 2020
ROME – Italy has detected the new strain of the coronavirus in a patient who had recently arrived in the country from the United Kingdom (UK), reported Anadolu Agency quoting the country’s Health Ministry.
The patient had landed at Rome’s Fiumicino airport and is now in quarantine, the Health Ministry said on Sunday.
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Several European countries, including Italy, have banned flights to and from the UK after the country announced a new strain of the virus is spreading in London and southern England.
With a surging new coronavirus strain, fresh restrictions will cancel Christmas mixing in London, the southeast and the east of England starting Sunday morning, Britain’s prime minister announced on Sunday.