Nobel Medicine Prize for Covid-19 vaccine? It may be too soon

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Scientists behind Covid-19 vaccines could be in the running to win the Nobel Prize for Medicine even though the pandemic is far from over.

According to Reuters, Some scientists say it is just a matter of time: If the work that went into developing the vaccines is not recognised when this year's prize is announced on Monday, it will win the award in years to come.

"This technique will get the prize sooner or later, of that I am sure," said Ali Mirazami, professor at the Department of Laboratory Medicine at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. "The question is when."

Vials with Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca, Sputnik V, and Moderna coronavirus vaccine labels are seen in this illustration. — Reuters/File
Vials with Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca, Sputnik V, and Moderna coronavirus vaccine labels are seen in this illustration. — Reuters/File

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