A New Coronavirus Vaccine Will Be Needed

Founder of the company BioNTech, which hopes the whole world with the mRNA-based coronavirus vaccine they have developed prof. Ugur Sahinmade statements on the agenda. Reuters Uğur Şahin, who held a video conference with his reporters, that a new coronavirus vaccine will be needed sooner or later, but the important thing here is time. stated.

prof. Uğur Şahin stated that the vaccine they developed will continue to be effective. Omicron Speaking about the variant named, Şahin says that he expects such a mutation, but that the new mutation comes a little early. Emphasizing that there will be no problem, the scientist said that the vaccine can now be administered more quickly. that they can adapt stated.

“Vaccination patents can be revoked”

Answering Reuters reporters’ questions about patents, the professor said that vaccine patents not against being open to everyone however, he states that there are some issues at this point. According to Uğur Şahin, the people who will produce the vaccine are trained and the patent owners if possible to checkThere is no harm in opening the patent to everyone. Speaking about the frequency of vaccination in his interview, Şahin said that the coronavirus vaccine is like the flu vaccine. can be shot every year once again reminded of the possibility.

Dr. Özlem Türeci also commented on the agenda. Expressing that the mutation is normal and the protection from it will only be thanks to high immunity. Ozlem TureciAccording to , vaccination rates need to be increased in order to protect against mutations. On the other hand; of mRNA technology Reminding that it is not used exclusively for coronavirus, Türeci stated that this technology is also used in potential cancer cells.