Pharmaceutical manufacturers fear the end of the pandemic – Economy

Since Karl Lauterbach has been Federal Minister of Health, he has probably never said a sentence as often as this: “The pandemic is not over.” Karl Lauterbach likes the sentence, he said it into countless microphones, he tweeted it, he had his spokesman repeat it. But now Karl Lauterbach could soon need a new favorite sentence. Because it is autumn and, contrary to expectations, the corona numbers are falling. For more than two weeks already. Thomas Mertens, head of the permanent vaccination committee (Stiko), even let it be known last week that in his opinion the pandemic is now over.