The corona crisis could be a test for US President Donald Trump in the election year. Now he's apparently trying to make up for the ground - at the expense of Germany.
- The corona virus * poses major challenges for the world population.
- US President Donald Trump is under increasing pressure in the corona crisis.
- Now he's apparently trying to make up for it by securing the vaccine exclusively for the United States.
Update 8:58 p.m .: The news about Donald Trump's intentions to have a corona vaccine exclusively for the United States made waves on the weekend. What is behind the reports about the German vaccine company CureVac ? The US President's efforts seem to have substance.
As part of the press conference on the new border regulations in Germany, Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) said when asked about Trump's possible plans: “I can say that I have heard several times from government spokesmen today that this is true . We will discuss this tomorrow in the crisis team. ”Trump does indeed appear to want to claim a possible corona antidote for the United States alone.
Update 5.42 p.m .: US President Donald Trump apparently wants to poach the German vaccine company CureVac ( see first report ). After the company had initially not commented, a clear position was taken.
In a press release, the company confirmed that it was currently “concentrating on developing a coronavirus vaccine.” However, this vaccine should help “people worldwide” and should therefore not be limited to just one country like the USA. Meanwhile, the company did not comment on possible negotiations.
Update 12:49: According to media reports, US President Donald Trump is trying to secure the work of a German company that is developing a vaccine against the corona virus . Trump is trying to secure exclusive rights to the vaccine for the United States. The SPD received harsh criticism of the alleged process. It was "an ethical, non-economic or even national question," said deputy group leader Bärbel Bas on Sunday in Berlin. If there was a vaccine, it had to be available to everyone. “Anything else would be scandalous. A pandemic is about everyone and not 'America first'. ”
Coronavirus: Merkel government is negotiating with vaccine company - is Trump trying to poach them?
Statement of origin from March 15, 2020:
Berlin / Washington - The crisis surrounding the spread of the corona virus * in the USA could mean the political end for US President Donald Trump * . The accusations are that he did not see the crisis, ignored it, underestimated it. The trust of many citizens is gone. Now the US president apparently wants to save himself from the misery - and tries to lure a German company. CureVac is currently making progress in the development of a vaccine. Trump * wants to secure the work of the company for the USA - exclusively. That reports Welt.de.
It is not clear how many vaccine companies the United States reaches for worldwide. Nevertheless, the directive is likely to derive from the current case: America should be the only country that should have a vaccine. And this despite the fact that the know-how for corona virus tests was exported from Germany worldwide.
Coronavirus: Merkel government is negotiating with vaccine company - is Trump trying to poach them?
According to the World Report, the US government is trying to access a Tübingen company. CureVac is a company that works with the Paul Ehrlich Institute for Vaccines and Biomedical Medicines to produce a vaccine against the virus. Because of the American advances, there is apparently an indirect but tangible economic policy debate. As reported by Welt.de with reference to government circles, Trump * tries to lure the German scientists from CureVac, who are working on a potential corona vaccine, with high financial donations to the USA, or to secure the drug exclusively for his country.
He allegedly offered the company a large amount to secure its work exclusively. Trump * is doing everything to get a vaccine for the United States . "But only for the United States," it said in the federal government. Government officials are now negotiating with CureVac, according to the report.
Coronavirus: does US President Trump reach for a German vaccine company?
"The Federal Government is very interested in the fact that vaccines and active substances against the novel corona virus are also being developed in Germany and Europe," confirmed a spokesman for the Ministry of Health Welt.de. "In this regard, the government is in intensive exchange with the company CureVac." Germany tries to keep the company with financial offers, the paper reported, citing the government circles. The company apparently did not want to comment on this.
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Meanwhile, Germany is closing its borders. Read what this means for Bavaria in a comment by Merkur editor-in-chief Georg Anastasiadis *
* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.