Health
UK variant may sweep world: scientist – The West Australian
A few new worrying variants of the coronavirus have raised fears that vaccines will need to be tweaked and people may require booster shots.
The coronavirus variant first found in the British region of Kent is a concern because it is mutating and so could undermine the protection given by vaccines against developing COVID-19, the head of the UK’s genetic surveillance program says.
She also said the UK variant was dominant in the country and was likely “to sweep the world, in all probability”.
The coronavirus has killed 2.35 million people and turned normal life upside down for billions but a few new worrying variants out of thousands…
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