EU chief hopes for coronavirus vaccine this year
The president of the European Commission said on Tuesday that, after speaking to a German biotech firm, she hopes a vaccine against the novel coronavirus strain will be available this year.
Brussels' top official Ursula von der Leyen has held talks with executives from CureVac, a company that has received an offer of 80 million euros (USD 88 million) in EU financial support for its research.
"They are working on a promising technology to develop a vaccine against the coronavirus," the former German defence minister said in a online video message shortly before she was to join talks with the 27 EU leaders.
"The European Union is providing them up to 80 million euros and I hope that with this support we can have a vaccine on the market, perhaps before autumn. This could save lives in Europe and in the rest of the world too."
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