Britain Vaccine Minister Suggests AstraZeneca Vaccine Could Be Modified
"Argar also suggested the vaccine could be modified the way flu vaccines ..."
South Africa halted its rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine after researchers from the University of Witwatersrand and the University of Oxford said the vaccine provided minimal protection against mild or moderate infection from the so-called South African variant among young people.
But in an interview Monday, Britain’s Minister of State for Health Edward Argar and other health experts looking at the study suggested there was no evidence that the vaccine would not be effective in preventing hospitalization and severe illness and death from the South African strain.
Argar said just 147 people are known to have been infected with the South African variant in Britain.
A British health official Monday downplayed a study suggesting the
AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine was minimally effective against a variant
of the virus and suggested the vaccine could be modified to address such
strains.
South Africa halted its rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine after researchers from the University of Witwatersrand and the University of Oxford said the vaccine provided minimal protection against mild or moderate infection from the so-called South African variant among young people.
But in an interview Monday, Britain’s Minister of State for Health Edward Argar and other health experts looking at the study suggested there was no evidence that the vaccine would not be effective in preventing hospitalization and severe illness and death from the South African strain.
Argar also suggested the vaccine could be modified the way flu vaccines
are each year to address a variety of strains. He said the German
pharmaceutical company CurVac – with which the British government has a
contract - is already working on this.
Argar said just 147 people are known to have been infected with the South African variant in Britain.
The country has the world's fifth worst COVID-19 death toll with more
than 110,000. So far, a little more than 12 million Britons have
received first doses of COVID-19 vaccines.
VOA
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