Health
Scientists in race to prove whether vaccine effective against new Covid strain – Telegraph.co.uk
Feared that variant may diminish jabs’ potency and that people who caught the virus before could be susceptible again
It added that studies of the correlation between rising cases in the South East, and detection of the new strain, suggested that it appeared to increase the R-value by up to 0.93. By comparison, in October the Sage committee advised that shutting every school in the country would reduce the R rate by up to 0.5.
The Nervtag paper also advised that lateral tests due for roll-out in the coming weeks and months may struggle to detect the new strain.
In summary, Nervtag has moderate confidence that VUI-202012/01…
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