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Global surge of cases is fueling more chances for the virus to mutate to beat immune system

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Britain could face even more super-infectious coronavirus variants because surging infections across the globe fuel the chances of the pathogen mutating to beat the immune system, scientists say. More than 90million Covid-19 cases have been recorded worldwide since the pandemic began, with numbers surging 33.8 per cent in the last two months alone.   And … Read more

Oxford professor warns Covid could mutate and render vaccine useless

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An Oxford professor has warned that Covid mutations could render the vaccine useless. Richard Moxon – a paediatrics professor at Oxford University – said a mutation could ‘suddenly change the behaviour of the virus’ making it either more severe or render a vaccine useless.  But he stressed that fears about the impact of mutations on … Read more