Coronavirus May Never Be Eradicated: Fauci
As several world countries have started vaccination drive, the race against coronavirus has taken a new turn. As mutations are rapidly popping up, the number of cases in several countries is increasing drastically. In the meantime, the vaccination process is taking more time than previous expectations, and it has made several medical experts believe that new variants can elude current vaccines and treatments.
Increasingly, scientists are grappling to identify more and more potentially worrying variants of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, with just what to call them. Since experts want to avoid naming after a country or region; some scientists want to do away with names that flag individual mutations.
Those collecting and analyzing genetic sequences from COVID-19 patients says it takes about 85 days to complete which puts them at a disadvantage in battling new virus variants.
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