Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla tests COVID positive
New York: Pfizer Inc Chief Executive Officer Albert Bourla has said that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and was experiencing very mild symptoms.
Bourla said he had started a course of the company's oral COVID-19 antiviral treatment, Paxlovid, and was isolating and following all public health precautions.
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Paxlovid is an antiviral medication that is used to treat high-risk patients, such as older people.
Bourla has received four doses of the COVID vaccine developed by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech.
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