As the world tackles the spread of the Corona Virus…..Germany’s BioNTech, which developed a coronavirus vaccine with US giant Pfizer in record time, said Monday it aimed to start trailing a malaria vaccine next year using the same breakthrough mRNA technology.
Malaria kills more than 400,000 people a year mainly young children in Africa.
If successful, the vaccine could be a crucial step in the fight against the mosquito-borne disease.
Veronic Njie reports.
