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The Coronavirus is Mutating, How Fast Will Vaccines Catch Up? – Healthline

Moderna announced that they’re working on a booster shot targeting the new variant detected in South Africa. Scientists expect the vaccines to provide protection…

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  • New variants of the coronavirus containing mutations could diminish the effectiveness of the vaccines.
  • On Monday, the pharmaceutical company Moderna announced it is already working on a booster shot for its COVID-19 vaccine.
  • Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines can be easily tweaked, so even if a variant were to evade the vaccines, the shots could be easily modified to target emerging mutations.

Moderna is already working on a booster shot to target the new variant detected in South Africa (the B.1.351…

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