Moderna vaccine ‘can be tweaked to work against variants’, according to trials
Test trials have shown positive promising results against foreign variants. Vaccines that have been “tweaked” to help combat worrying Covid-19 variants form South Africa and Brazil have successfully neutralised them in laboratory trials. The news from US vaccine maker and pharmaceutical company Moderna suggests that booster jabs will be feasible this year to help combat […]
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Boris Johnson to visit India despite rising cases and evidence of new variant
The PM is aiming to strike a trade deal with the country Prime Minister Boris Johnson is still set to travel to India later this month despite soaring coronavirus case rates and fears of a new variant there. The trip will be shorter than planned, but Downing Street has confirmed that it will definitely go […]
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Fears Brazil variant of Covid-19 could delay lifting of lockdown
The new variant could delay Boris Johnson’s roadmap out of lockdown The Brazilian variant of coronavirus which one mystery Brit has tested positive for could potentially delay the United Kingdom’s roadmap out of lockdown, according to a prominent scientist. Professor Graham Medley, who sits on SAGE, the group of scientists which advises the government, has […]
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