"Pfizer CEO Protecting Christmas Innocence: 'Pfizer Vaccine for Santa Too'"

Santa Claus gathered at the Santa School in the UK are undergoing a temperature check. / Photo is not related to the content of the text. [Image source = Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Eun-young] Pfizer CEO personally responded to a young boy's innocent Christmas wish asking "Please send the Pfizer vaccine to Santa," drawing attention.

According to foreign media including The New York Times on the 24th (local time), 6-year-old Colum Sonhill from Ireland heard on the radio in the car on his way home from school earlier last month that Pfizer had developed a COVID-19 vaccine.

Upon arriving home, the boy immediately wrote a letter congratulating Pfizer.

Starting with "To Pfizer," the boy wrote, "I heard you made a new vaccine for COVID-19? That's awesome!" and added, "Could you please send some (vaccine) to the North Pole for Santa and the Santa elves? Please."

A few weeks later, the boy received a reply from Pfizer. Pfizer stated, "We contacted you to offer help to Santa," and reassured that "Santa told us that he, his wife, the reindeer, and all the elves are safe and well."

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla recently shared Sonhill's letter on his SNS and introduced another child's letter that said, "The Christmas gift is the COVID-19 vaccine for everyone."

CEO Bourla said, "Letters like these from children full of kindness and hope remind us why the work we do every day is important," adding, "Pfizer's purpose to change patients' lives is more urgent than ever."

He continued, "We are doing everything we can to give hope to people around the world," and stated, "We will definitely take care of Santa and the Santa elves as well."

Meanwhile, Pfizer jointly developed the COVID-19 vaccine with Germany's BioNTech. Vaccinations have already started in the United States and the United Kingdom, and the European Union (EU) is also expected to begin vaccinations after approving the Pfizer vaccine on the 21st.

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