Donald Trump aides ‘offered huge sums to German company in bid to grab coronavirus vaccine for Americans only’ – The Sun

DONALD Trump aides offered huge sums to a German company in a bid to grab a coronavirus vaccine for Americans, it was claimed today.

The President was said to have tried to lure pioneering pharmaceutical company CureVac to the US.

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He was working to secure rights to a drug “for the US only”, sources said.

But German health bosses were said to be fighting back with their own deal.

A spokesman said: “The federal government is very interested in vaccines and antiviral agents against the novel coronavirus being developed in Germany and Europe.

“In this regard the government is in an intensive exchange with the company CureVac.”

Last night German officials said Mr Trump’s offer was now “off the table” and CureVac had agreed to work on a vaccine “for all the world”.

CureVac said last week it was selecting the two best of its possible vaccines for clinical trials.

The White House did not comment.

The death toll in the United States has hit 62, while confirmed cases have soared to 3,244.

According to CNN's state-by-state breakdown of coronavirus outbreaks, which have been confirmed in 49 states as of March 15, 40 people have died in Washington state, five in California, four in Florida, and two each in New York and New Jersey.

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