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Vaccine is ‘unlikely’ to wipe out threat of virus warns UK science chief – Daily Record
Sir Patrick Vallance said that even with a vaccine Covid-19 will likely become endemic and pose a similar threat to seasonal flu.
A coronavirus vaccine is “unlikely” to wipe out the deadly bug, a UK science chief has admitted.
However, Sir Patrick Vallance said that in years to come an effective vaccine should mean that Covid-19 could be viewed more like seasonal flu.
He made the comments as he was giving evidence to the joint Commons and Lords National Security Strategy Committee.
Sir Patrick the UK Government’s chief scientific adviser reminded the committee that the only disease to have been completely wiped out…
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