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Covid-19 vaccine: Pfizer, Moderna mull to supply millions of vaccine doses

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Rajan Nath
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Covid-19 vaccine: Pfizer, Moderna mull to supply millions of vaccine doses
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As people are still waiting for the Covid-19 vaccine, the two pharmaceutical companies have delivered good news this week. After Pfizer and Moderna, on Monday, said that its candidate for coronavirus vaccine is nearly 95 percent effective in preventing the viral disease. publive-image According to the current projections, it will produce 20 million of Covid-19 vaccine doses by the end of this year. Meanwhile, Pfizer is expecting to produce up to 50 million vaccine doses in 2020 globally.
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Covid-19 vaccine: Pfizer and Moderna said that its candidate for coronavirus vaccine is nearly 95 percent effective in preventing disease. The companies have claimed that they will be able to vaccinate 25 million and 10 million people across the world, respectively. Also Read | Zoom founder loses $5 billion as Pfizer vaccine hits the market By 2021, Pfizer will expand its production and boost to produce 1.3 billion units while Moderna is planning to increase the production between 500 million and one billion. Covid-19 vaccine: Pfizer and Moderna said that its candidate for coronavirus vaccine is nearly 95 percent effective in preventing disease. However, the supply will be restricted to countries that are dealing with the manufacturers. These include the United States which has a deal with both Pfizer and Moderna for the Covid-19 vaccine supply.
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Also Read | Russia to supply 100 million doses of Sputnik vaccine to India’s Dr. Reddy's Covid-19 vaccine: Pfizer and Moderna said that its candidate for coronavirus vaccine is nearly 95 percent effective in preventing disease. The government of India is in talks with both domestic and international vaccine manufacturers for the purchase of coronavirus vaccine. “Not only with Moderna, but the government is also in communication with Pfizer, Serum Institute, Bharat Biotech, and Zydus Cadila for their Covid-19 vaccine candidate in terms of safety, immunogenicity and efficacy,” news agency PTI reported quoting a senior government official. Meanwhile, Europe is having a deal with Pfizer and Moderna for 200 million doses. -PTC News-
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