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British Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said he cannot give any assurances that the current vaccines the UK has against Covid-19 will be as effective against the new variant of the virus that originated in India. Replying to a question asked by India-origin Labour MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi in Parliament to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on Monday, the UK government confirmed they do not know whether the UK s vaccination programme will be effective against the Indian Covid-19 variant. We are acting on a precautionary basis because I can t give him that assurance. And, of course, we are looking into that question as fast as possible. ....
Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/Pool (Getty Images) The arms race between the coronavirus and humanity continues to pick up steam. This week, Moderna announced that its modified vaccine meant to target a worrying variant first found in South Africa is now ready for testing. Pfizer/BioNTech is also set to test out their own contingency plan for new variants soon. Advertisement The variant discovered in South Africa last winter known as B.1.351 has emerged as one of the most concerning to date. Like other recently discovered variants, such as B.1.1.7 (first found in the UK), B.1.351 is more transmissible than past strains of the virus. But B.1.351 has also shown more of an ability to evade a person’s immune response created by earlier infection or vaccination than other variants. Earlier this month, for instance, South Africa suspended its pending vaccination campaign with the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, after early data suggested that it would only be minimally effective at p ....
Vaccine manufacturers Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech have said their vaccines should be effective against the B.1.1.7 variant. About 300 cases of the variant have been detected nationwide, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Two Oregonians who previously tested positive for the variant, a University of Portland staff member and a Yamhill County resident, didn t have a known travel history outside the country. Public health officials say the emergence of the new variant of COVID-19 in Oregon is a reminder of the need to practice preventative safety measures. This may be the (third) case detected, but it is likely the variant is already circulating much more widely throughout our county and the state, said Mary Sawyers, spokesperson for Washington County Public Health. This means people should assume that they may come in contact with a much more contagious variant of COVID-19 and they need to continue to wear masks, social ....
In the wake of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 virus detected in the United Kingdom, Ministry of Health on Wednesday issued the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) at the point of entry and in the community for all international passengers who have travelled from or transited through the country in the past four weeks (from November 25 to December 23). A press release by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare stated the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 virus (under investigation) has been reported by the Government of United Kingdom (UK) to World Health Organization (WHO). This variant is estimated by European Centre for Disease Control to be more transmissible and affecting younger population. This variant is defined by a set of 17 changes or mutations. One of the most significant is an N501Y mutation in the spike protein that the virus uses to bind to the human ACE2 receptor. Changes in this part of the spike protein may result in the virus becoming more infectious and spreading ....