Moderna CEO says it’s ‘reasonable’ to think the pandemic may be in its final stages

• Moderna’s CEO Stephane Bancel said it is “reasonable” to assume that we may be approaching the final stages of the pandemic.
• “I think there’s an 80% chance that as omicron evolves or SarsCov-2  virus evolves,  we are going to see less and less virulent viruses,” he told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia.” He said there’s another “20% scenario where we see a next mutation, which is more virulent than omicron.”
• Separately, the company announced plans to expand its presence in Asia.

Moderna’s CEO Stephane Bancel said it’s “reasonable” to assume that we may be approaching the final stages of the pandemic.

“I think that is a reasonable scenario,” he told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” when asked about views that the Covid-19 pandemic may now be in its final stages.

“There’s an 80% chance that as omicron evolves or SarsCov-2 virus evolves, we are going to see less and less virulent viruses,” he said Wednesday.

He also said there’s another “20% scenario where we see a next mutation, which is more virulent than omicron.”

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