The good news continues to the world after the American company “Pfizer” and “Biotech” German announced that the vaccine against Covid-19 they are developing is 90% effective after the initial analysis of the results of the third phase of clinical trials, which is the last before submitting the license application. The British authorities have revealed that Corona’s vaccine at the end of December will be ready in the local market.
The two companies explained that protection from the coronavirus is achieved at a high rate after 28 days after taking the first dose and is completed only a week after the second dose.
They said, the two companies, in a joint statement, that the effectiveness of the vaccine was measured by comparing the number of participants who were infected with the emerging coronavirus in the group that received the vaccine and the number of infected people in another group who received a placebo vaccine in seven days after receiving the second dose, and 28 days after receiving the first dose.
Dr. Albert Burla, Chairman and CEO of Pfizer, said: “Today is a great day for science and humanity because the first set of results from the third phase of the 19-Covid vaccine trial provides preliminary evidence of the ability of our vaccine to prevent corona.”
He added, “We have reached this decisive achievement in our vaccine development program at a time the world needs the most, with record infection rates being recorded.”
In turn, the German Minister of Health confirmed that the third phase of the Pfizer vaccine results is very encouraging.
While Donald Trump praised this good news, he wrote in a tweet minutes after the two companies announced the matter, “The stock market is recording a big rise, a vaccine is on the way soon. It is reported to be 90% effective. Good news!.”
According to the latest statistics, this comes while the epidemic recorded a new toll, which amounted to 50 million infected people around the world.
While the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, stressed today that the “Covid-19” epidemic had exceeded the limits of the regular health emergency, stressing the need to view the vaccine as a global public good and not a private good. So, many preparations should be made for corona’s vaccine at the end of December
He also pointed out that the epidemic has a negative impact on combating other diseases globally, such as yellow fever in Gabon and Togo, chikungunya fever in Chad, and measles in Mexico and others.
It is noteworthy that the new Coronavirus, which destroyed stone and people, has infected more than 50 million people around the world since its appearance in China about 11 months ago and caused heavy losses to the global economy.