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The coronavirus situation in the UK is quite “contained” but we have to be “vigilant” and make sure it stays under control, an expert has said. Professor Sharon Peacock, director of the Covid-19 Genomics UK Consortium (Cog-UK), said the virus may be behaving in a similar way around the world, but no one knows what might happen in the future. However, she anticipates that Covid-19 vaccines will be able to cope with changes to the virus. (PA Graphics) Speaking at a webinar as part of the Royal Society of Medicine’s Covid-19 Series, Prof Peacock said: “We have to be vigilant as ever ...

CORONAVIRUS variants are 'very unlikely' to derail the UK's exit plan from lockdown due to the adaptability of Britain's vaccines, according to a top scientist.

Head of the Covid-19 Genomics UK scientific body Professor Sharon Peacock (pictured) said tweaking vaccines will allow Britain to 'stay ahead' of Covid-19.

Meet the world's top Covid 'variant hunter' – who used to work in a corner shop Professor Sharon Peacock’s team at Cog-UK is leading the world in identifying mutant Covid strains – now the rest must catch up 20 February 2021 • 5:01pm Cambridge professor, Sharon Peacock, leads the consortium mapping mutant Covid strains, but very nearly missed out on a career in science Credit: David Rose Early last March when coronavirus started to become established in Britain, Professor Sharon Peacock emailed five colleagues with the simple subject heading: ‘Can you call me, please?’   Within w...

The job market continues to improve sequentially across the country and job postings in some industries have improved, with some doing even better than the pre-Covid levels, led by IT, agro-based sectors, according to a report. In comparison to January 20