“There are 4,000 strains of virus that cause COVID-19”: UK Minister Nadhim Zahawi (FILE)
London:
There are now around 4,000 variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 worldwide so all vaccine manufacturers including Pfizer Inc and AstraZeneca Plc are trying it. improve their vaccines, a British minister said.
Thousands of mutations of the coronavirus-type COVID-19-induced virus have been recorded as the mutates virus, including the various variants of British, South African and Brazilian. they seem to spread faster than others.
“It is very likely that the routine vaccine will not be effective on the variables whether in Kent or other changes especially when it comes to serious illness and hospitalization,” Vaccine Practice Minister Nadhim Zahawi told Sky News.
“All manufacturers, Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, Oxford-AstraZeneca and others are looking at how they can improve their vaccine to ensure we are ready for any variation – there are around on 4,000 different parts of the COVID world now. “
While thousands of differences have arisen as the virus moves to reproduce, few are likely to matter and change the virus in a meaningful way, according to the British Medical Journal. .
“We have the largest genome sequencing industry – we have around 50% of the world’s genome sequencing industry – and we keep a library of the various variables so we’re ready to respond – no matter what. -out or later – to any challenge that the virus can give and carry the next vaccine, “Zahawi said.
The novel coronavirus – known to scientists as SARS-CoV-2 – has killed 2.268 million people worldwide since it appeared in China in late 2019, according to Johns Hopkins University of Medicine.
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