BERLIN (AP) - Europe can achieve herd immunity against the coronavirus within the next four months, the head of German pharmaceutical company BioNTech, which developed the first widely approved COVID-19 vaccine with U.S.
partner Pfizer, said Wednesday.While the exact threshold required to reach that critical level of immunization remains a matter of debate, experts say a level above 70% would significantly disrupt transmission of the coronavirus within a population."Europe will reach herd immunity in July, latest by August," Ugur Sahin, BioNTech's chief executive, told reporters.RELATED: When Will We Reach Herd Immunity?His company's vaccine makes up a large share of the doses administered in Europe and North America, where it is more.