Foreign Minister of Germany has asserted that the rights to coronavirus vaccine research were not for sale; after the reports came that the Trump administration offered large sums of money to get exclusive access to a coronavirus vaccine being developed by a German company.
According to the reports, US president was trying to get the company to move its research wing to United States and develop the vaccine in United States only.
In this regard, German foreign minister in an interview said, “German researchers play a leading role in drug and vaccine development and we cannot allow others to seek exclusive results.”
Reacting to the report, German Economy Minister said, “Germany is not for sale,”. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer also reacted on the news when he was asked to confirm the attempts to court the German company.
“I can only say that I have heard several times today from government officials today that this is the case, and we will be discussing it in the crisis committee tomorrow,” he said.
Scientists raced to develop the vaccine against the deadly coronavirus that has killed more than 6,500 people, and has spread in almost 110 counties.
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