The world is becoming "better prepared" to deal with future variants of the coronavirus, the CEO and co-founder of German vaccine-maker BioNTech told AFP Thursday, as the company works on an Omicron-specific shot.
"We will have to get used to the fact that we will have to live with the virus for the next 10 years," said BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin, whose company developed the first mRNA vaccine against the virus with US pharma giant Pfizer. REUTERS/ Fabian Bimmer/ File Photo
"We will have to get used to the fact that we will have to live with the virus for the next 10 years," said Ugur Sahin, whose company developed the first mRNA vaccine against the virus with US pharma giant Pfizer. New virus variants were inevitable "because the virus will mutate further", he said, potentially leading to new flare-ups in cases.
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