Covid 19 Timeline of Events in Andover
MARCH 12 2020 The Andover Townsman reports that local stores are running out of sanitizing products. [1]
MARCH 15 2020 Area Churches offer services online. [2] MARCH 19 2020 Andover Townsman headline: Coronavirus cripples Andover School closures
JULY 2020
Pfizer Inc.'s Andover facility played a critical role in the development of the first mRNA vaccines in 2020.
In July 2020, Pfizer's Andover facility began mass manufacturing the RNA required for the mRNA vaccine it co-developed with the German pharmaceutical firm, BioNTech. Sold under the brand name Comirnity, the Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine production and trials were sped up and scaled up to meet the urgent demands of a private-public partnership initiated by the US government which enabled special fast-tracked government approval of vaccines under trail. [3]