Moderna‘s coronavirus vaccine is effective against the Californian variant spreading in the US, scientists say. And researchers also found the jab sparks Covid-fighting antibodies that stay in the blood for at least six months following a second dose. Evidence already shows the vaccine — deployed in Britain for the first time yesterday — works against the Kent … Read more
Dr Fauci warns that delaying second doses of Covid vaccines would give only ‘tenuous’ protection against variants that may weaken the shots UK health officials allow second doses to be delayed up to 12 weeks Dr Fauci has stood against this strategy in the U.S., buy Monday said there is not a ‘right or wrong’ … Read more
Pfizer‘s Covid vaccine still works against the South African and Brazilian variants of the virus, studies suggested today. The jab prevented 100 per cent of infections in a study run by Pfizer in South Africa and UK lab tests on the P1 Brazilian strain of the virus found it worked against that. Scientists had been … Read more
Two-thirds of disease experts believe coronavirus variants will render vaccines ineffective within one year, a new survey finds. Conducted by the People’s Vaccine Alliance, about 66 percent of epidemiologists, virologists and infectious disease specialists say they think that within 12 months, the virus will mutate to such a degree that first-generation vaccines will be useless … Read more
Two-thirds of disease experts believe coronavirus variants will render vaccines ineffective within one year, a new survey finds. Conducted by the People’s Vaccine Alliance, about 66 percent of epidemiologists, virologists and infectious disease specialists say they think that within 12 months, the virus will mutate to such a degree that first-generation vaccines will be useless … Read more
New York health officials are worried that some coronavirus variants will reinfect people who have had COVID-19 before. At a press conference on Tuesday, Dr Dave Chokshi, the city’s health commissioner, said that reinfection appears to be rare. However, he noted that the coronavirus variants that were first identified in South Africa and Brazil have … Read more
Southern parts of France have yet to be battered by the South African or Brazilian coronavirus variants, raising the prospect that summer holidays to the Riviera could be possible. Official figures show about 10 per cent of all France’s new infections are caused by the mutant strains, which are believed to make vaccines less effective, … Read more
Southern parts of France have yet to be battered by the South African or Brazilian coronavirus variants, raising the prospect that summer holidays to the Riviera could be possible. Official figures show about 10 per cent of all France’s new infections are caused by the mutant strains, which are believed to make vaccines less effective, … Read more
Chris Whitty and Jonathan Van-Tam ‘urge expansion of the red list to stop Covid variants arriving in UK from Europe’ – as Priti Patel says tough border measures could last ALL summer France is of particular concern because it has a large presence of mutant strains But the majority of people crossing the Channel are … Read more
Half of Britain’s coronavirus cases are now being checked for jab-resistant variants that could derail the lockdown exit strategy. Scientists tasked with tracking the ever-evolving virus have been sequencing more than 20,000 positive swabs a week for strains since February. But fewer than 40,000 positive Covid tests were detected last week, meaning No10 is now … Read more