Health
Are vaccines already helping contain COVID-19? Early signs say yes, but mutations will be challenging – SBS News
Some early research suggests countries might have to update their vaccine strategies to deal with emerging variants of the virus.
More than 130 million COVID vaccine doses have been administered worldwide already, according to the University of Oxfords Our World in Data vaccination tracker.
Israel, the United Kingdom, the United States, the United Arab Emirates and China are leading this huge global effort.
COVID vaccines were initially tested and approved on their ability to reduce the severity of the disease.
However, the long-term goal of vaccination is to decrease infection rates and eliminate the virus.
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