COVID-19 vaccine: Trump administration persuades German company to move research to US

Berlin is trying to stop Washington from persuading a German company seeking a coronavirus vaccine to move its research to United States. According to international media reports, US was looking into how it could gain access to a potential vaccine being developed by a German firm, CureVac. US President Donald Trump had reportedly also offered funds to lure company to US and German government, on or hand, made counter-offers to tempt to stay. 

German government has also insisted that country should have a mopoly on any future vaccines. A German Health Ministry spokesperson reportedly also said that government is very interested in ensuring that vaccines and active substances against coronavirus develop in Germany and Europe. spokesperson furr added that German government is also in intensive exchange with company. 

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A local German news outlet also reported that Trump was trying to secure scientists' work exclusively, and would do anything to get a vaccine for US. However, CurVac rejected all rumours of an acquisition. CureVac's main investor Dietmar Hopp, in a statement, said, that company wanted to develop a coronavirus vaccine to help people t just regionally but in solidarity across world. 

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Global pandemic

Dozens of research groups around world are racing to create a vaccine as coronavirus cases continue to grow. y are also trying to pursue different types of vaccines which are t only faster to produce than traditional iculations but might also prove potent. Several researchers even aim for temporary vaccines, such as shots that might guard people's health a month or two at a time while longer-lasting protection is developed. 

worldwide outbreak has sickened more than 1,69,000 people and left more than 6,500 dead. death toll in United States is more than 60, while infections neared 3,700 across 49 states and District of Columbia. Meanwhile, World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared coronavirus as a global pandemic after virus spread to more than 155 countries and territories, resulting in deaths of more than 6,500 people worldwide. 

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