The company owned by Ugur Sahin and his wife Oezlem Tuereci has helped to develop the groundbreaking vaccine for the killer virus which could be available by the end of 2020

The married couple behind the new coronavirus vaccine are so dedicated to medical research that they are claimed to have spent their wedding day in the lab.

Ugur Sahin, 55, and his wife Oezlem Tuereci, 53, have been heralded a “dream team” after their company BioNTech helped develop the groundbreaking jab with pharmaceutical outfit Pfizer.

On Monday both companies revealed their vaccine is 90% effective in protecting against coronavirus.

The Government has secured access to 40 million doses.

And 10 million – enough for five million Britons – will be available to the UK by the end of the year.