Already Received Four Doses Of Vaccines Made By His Company, Pfizer CEO Announces Positive For COVID-19

CEO Pfizer Albert Bourla. (Twitter/@AlbertBourla)

JAKARTA - CEO of pharmaceutical company and manufacturer of coronavirus vaccine Pfizer, Albert Bourla, announced that he was positive for COVID-19 after undergoing a test, Monday.

Sharing the news about her positive COVID-19 condition, Bourla said she is experiencing mild symptoms, and is feeling well while in self-isolation.

Furthermore, Bourla is also undergoing treatment using Paxlovid, an antiviral drug also developed by Pfizer.

Bourla, 60, said he had received four doses of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by his pharmaceutical company in partnership with German biotechnology company BioNTech.

"I would like to inform the public that I have tested positive for COVID-19," Bourla said in a statement issued by Pfizer.

"I am grateful to have received four doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and I feel fine, while experiencing very mild symptoms."

"I have started Paxlovid treatment, I am self-isolating on the spot and following all public health precautions," he said.

"We have come this far in the last two years, in our efforts to fight this disease, so I am confident that I will recover quickly."

"I am deeply grateful for the tireless efforts of our Pfizer colleagues, who are working to make vaccines and treatments available to me and to people around the world," he said.

It is known, the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech has been widely used around the world, to help limit the spread of the virus.