BERLIN (Reuters) - The head of Germany’s Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases said on Thursday recent news on experimental COVID-19 vaccine trials has been extremely encouraging.
“This is of course extremely encouraging, extremely positive news,” Lothar Wieler said at a virtual news conference.
Vaccines with an efficacy of more than 90% would be “great weapons” in the fight against the pandemic, he added.
Reporting by Thomas Seythal and Kirsti Knolle
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