https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed It's well before midday but chemical technician trainer Ralf Scharf is already heading to the company canteen. And lunch is the last thing on his mind. https://www.thelocal.de/20210523/germany-serves-up-covid-jabs-in-the-company-canteen Sun, 23 May 2021 13:09:02 +0200 germany-serves-up-covid-jabs-in-the-company-canteen BioNTech said Thursday that it expected its Covid-19 vaccine, jointly developed with Pfizer, to be available to 12-to-15-year-olds in Europe from June. https://www.thelocal.de/20210429/germanys-biontech-aims-for-12-15-year-olds-to-receive-vaccine-from-june-covid Thu, 29 Apr 2021 13:26:27 +0200 germanys-biontech-aims-for-12-15-year-olds-to-receive-vaccine-from-june-covid German Covid-19 vaccine maker BioNTech said Wednesday it has started production at its new facility in Marburg, expected to significantly boost the EU's vaccine supply. https://www.thelocal.de/20210210/biontech-starts-vaccine-production-at-new-german-site Wed, 10 Feb 2021 12:49:06 +0100 biontech-starts-vaccine-production-at-new-german-site German company BioNTech, which developed the first coronavirus vaccine approved in the West, said Monday it expects to produce 2 billion doses in 2021, up from the previous forecast of 1.3 billion doses. https://www.thelocal.de/20210111/german-firm-biontech-boosts-2021-vaccine-supply-forecast-to-2-billion-doses Mon, 11 Jan 2021 15:46:11 +0100 german-firm-biontech-boosts-2021-vaccine-supply-forecast-to-2-billion-doses German firm BioNTech warned Tuesday there is no data backing the "safety and efficacy" of delaying the second shot of its Covid-19 vaccine beyond three weeks, as some countries push back the jab to give more people their first dose. https://www.thelocal.de/20210105/germanys-biontech-warns-against-delaying-second-vaccine-dose Tue, 05 Jan 2021 14:00:03 +0100 germanys-biontech-warns-against-delaying-second-vaccine-dose The first doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine have now been delivered to all of Germany's 16 states, the country's DPA news agency has reported, ahead of the first vaccinations on Sunday https://www.thelocal.de/20201226/first-doses-of-pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-arrive-in-german-regions Sat, 26 Dec 2020 14:31:38 +0100 first-doses-of-pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-arrive-in-german-regions It was over breakfast on the wintry morning of January 24 that Ozlem Tureci and her husband Ugur Sahin decided, "we need to fire the starting gun on this". https://www.thelocal.de/20201226/how-biontech-and-germanys-mittelstand-worked-together-on-the-vaccine Sat, 26 Dec 2020 10:09:50 +0100 how-biontech-and-germanys-mittelstand-worked-together-on-the-vaccine Germany will begin coronavirus vaccinations on December 27th with elderly care home residents, Health Minister Jens Spahn announced Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20201217/germany-aims-to-begin-coronavirus-vaccinations-december-27th Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:51:19 +0100 germany-aims-to-begin-coronavirus-vaccinations-december-27th The small German biotech firm BioNTech, started by a husband and wife team with Turkish roots, had never brought a vaccine to market before. https://www.thelocal.de/20201202/biontech-how-the-german-firm-is-leading-the-covid-19-vaccine-race Wed, 02 Dec 2020 11:32:28 +0100 biontech-how-the-german-firm-is-leading-the-covid-19-vaccine-race The EU has reached a deal on a promising Covid-19 vaccine that is partially developed in Germany. What happens next and what does it mean for Germany? https://www.thelocal.de/20201110/how-close-is-germany-to-receiving-a-covid-19-vaccine-analysis Tue, 10 Nov 2020 15:58:10 +0100 how-close-is-germany-to-receiving-a-covid-19-vaccine-analysis Progress on a Covid-19 vaccine has propelled the modest husband-and-wife team behind German firm BioNTech into the global limelight, with attention inevitably focusing on their background as the children of Turkish immigrants. https://www.thelocal.de/20201114/biontech-the-husband-and-wife-team-behind-the-breakthrough-covid-19-vaccine Sat, 14 Nov 2020 10:29:17 +0100 biontech-the-husband-and-wife-team-behind-the-breakthrough-covid-19-vaccine The small German biotech firm BiOnTech, started by a husband and wife team with Turkish roots is in the world's press due a vaccine breakthrough. Here's what you need to know. https://www.thelocal.de/20201110/biontech-four-things-to-know-about-the-german-firm-leading-the-covid-19-vaccine-race Tue, 10 Nov 2020 09:41:49 +0100 biontech-four-things-to-know-about-the-german-firm-leading-the-covid-19-vaccine-race Germany's BioNTech, one of the lead contenders in the race to develop a coronavirus vaccine, said Thursday it was buying a new manufacturing site to quickly ramp up production once its vaccine gets the green light. https://www.thelocal.de/20200917/how-one-german-firm-is-racing-to-ramp-up-covid-19-vaccine-production Thu, 17 Sep 2020 14:47:52 +0200 how-one-german-firm-is-racing-to-ramp-up-covid-19-vaccine-production