Health
New variants could ‘shatter’ effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines – The National
Epidemiologists warn inoculations might need to be redesigned in less than a year
The worlds stockpile of Covid-19 vaccines could be ineffective against new variants in less than a year, epidemiologists said.
A survey by the Peoples Vaccine Alliance, released on Tuesday, also revealed concern about new strains shattering existing protection against the disease if the virus runs rampant in poorer nations.
Of the 77 epidemiologists surveyed, two thirds believed the world had a year or less to modify existing vaccines to fight new variants.
The remaining third believed new vaccines…
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