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New coronavirus strain | How dangerous is the mutation, can it hamper a vaccine; all questions answered Despite Britain claiming it has two vaccines against COVID-19, fears over mutated virus evading the immune system post vaccination have gripped the country and the world. January 07, 2021 / 06:33 PM IST A public health information message is displayed amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as new restrictions come into force, in London. (Image: Reuters) The new UK variant ...

Michelle ONeills decision to block "necessary" public health information from being released across the UKs four nations a week before Christmas has been branded "outrageously reckless". UUP leader Steve Aiken yesterday hit out at the Deputy First Minister after it emerged Ms ONeill had done so, despite an appeal from Chief Medical Officer, Dr Michael McBride and Chief Scientific Officer, Professor Ian Young. The statement, entitled Staying Safe at Christmas, had been signed by each of the chie...

A further 11 people in Northern Ireland have died after testing positive for Covid-19 and 841 new cases of the virus have been confirmed.

NI's chief scientific adviser says there could be "substantial consequences" if it becomes dominant.

A further 11 people in Northern Ireland have died after testing positive for Covid-19 and 841 new cases of the virus have been confirmed.

Scientists have said a Covid-19 variant resistant to the current crop of vaccines is likely to emerge at some point, but immunisations can also be adapted “within weeks”. The vaccines which have so far been rolled out to over half a million people in the UK provide immunity against the new more transmissible variant, but its emergence has raised questions about whether future mutations could conquer immunisations. In mid-December, England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty sai...

"Devastated." That is the word Professor Paul Young from the University of Queensland uses to describe the canning of Australias most promising COVID-19 vaccine. Although the vaccines revolutionary molecular clamp technology returned a robust immune response to coronavirus in 216 trial recipients in the Phase 1 trial, volunteers were warned that fragments of a protein derived from the HIV virus could produce antibodies, or a partial immune response to HIV. Although there was no possibility t...

"Devastated." That is the word Professor Paul Young from the University of Queensland uses to describe the canning of Australias most promising COVID-19 vaccine. Although the vaccines revolutionary molecular clamp technology returned a robust immune response to coronavirus in 216 trial recipients in the Phase 1 trial, volunteers were warned that fragments of a protein derived from the HIV virus could produce antibodies, or a partial immune response to HIV. Although there was no possibility t...

A coronavirus outbreak among heart patients and staff at Antrim Area Hospital has been confirmed by the Northern Trust.

Local Covid-19 infection numbers rose by 25% after just a week of eased restrictions, according to new figures.