LONDON (Reuters) – England’s deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam urged people on Monday to take the COVID-19 vaccine if offered, saying a South African version of the disease would not stop the disease. normal virus in the next few months.
The British government is increasingly worried that people may decide not to get the vaccine now because they believe new vaccines need to be made to deal with new changes.
“Early data on… modeling does not indicate that the South African variant has a distinct transmissive advantage over our conventional virus, and therefore there is no reason to assume that the South Africa or our conventional virus in the next few months, ”he told a news conference.
“Try not to delay if you are called, take the advantage to protect yourself from the … immediate threats.”
Narrated by Andy Bruce, written by Elizabeth Piper, edited by Paul Sandle