Anger as Trump alleged to have offered $1bn for German coronavirus vaccine

US president reportedly tried to secure exclusive control of vaccine supply

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President Donald Trump has prompted anger after reportedly offering a German medical company “large sums of money” for exclusive rights to a future coronavirus vaccine.

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