Covid: New Oxford vaccine ‘ready by the autumn’ to tackle mutations
An improved jab that will be more effective against variants can be made quickly, says Oxford-AstraZeneca. …
There is most concern about the South African variant, which shows signs of being able to escape some of the protective effect of the vaccines. There are already signs this has begun circulating in some parts of the UK, prompting surge testing to be introduced into parts of London, Surrey, Kent, Hertfordshire and Southport.