Covaxin can deal with new Covid strains too: Bharat Biotech By IANS | Published on Wed, Dec 30 2020 0:12 IST | 0 Views Covaxin can deal with new Covid strains too: Bharat Biotech. Image Source: IANS Hyderabad, Dec 30 : Bharat Biotech said on Tuesday that its vaccine candidate, Covaxin, will be effective in dealing with new strains of coronavirus. Bharat Biotech Chairman and Managing Director Krishna Ella said the protein components of inactive Covaxin will take care of mutations. His comments came amid growing concerns over new strains of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, especially the variant that was detected recently in the UK. Krishna Ella, who was delivering the ninth Dr Manohar V.N. Shirodkar Memorial Lecture organised by the Telangana Academy of Sciences, observed that that any virus is expected to have a lot of mutation.