King Philippe and Queen Mathilde are paying an official visit to the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate on 5 and 6 October 2022. Yesterday, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde met with the founders of BioNTech SE, Ozlem Tureci and Ugur Sahin in Mainz, Germany. Pfizer manufactures the Covid-19 vaccine it developed in partnership with BioNTech SE at the Pfizer manufacturing plant in Puurs, Belgium.