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The Paul Allen School for Global Health’s Biosafety Lab will be undergoing a large-scale upgrade to update and acquire new equipment this summer. Guy Palmer, senior director of Global Health, said this lab is the only Biosafety Level Three lab in the state east of Lake Washington. The kind of work done in a BSL-3...
Where is the new Covid strain? Full list of countries mutant variant has been detected Terri-Ann Williams, Digital Health Reporter 22 Dec 2020, 10:45 Updated: 22 Dec 2020, 13:20 THIS map shows the countries where the new mutant strain of coronavirus has been detected so far. The Covid variant, named VUI 2020/01 has spread to almost all corners of the UK and has now been detected as far away as Australia. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates 4 4 The new mutation was first found in the UK and has now spread across the worldCredit: Rex Features It's thought to be u...
Scientists in race to prove whether vaccine effective against new Covid strain Feared that variant may diminish jabs' potency and that people who caught the virus before could be susceptible again Government scientists are in a race to prove that vaccines can fend off the new strain of Covid-19 as experts warned the variant could render jabs “less effective”. Scientists at the Porton Down facility in Wiltshire are growing samples of the new strain before adding serum taken from vaccinated patients to test the response. The results are expected in a “couple of weeks,” Whitehall sources...