BioNTech: We Could Produce New COVID Variant Vaccine In Six Weeks, If Needed

Confident That Existing Vaccine Still Works

The speed of the new messenger RNA platforms could once again come to the rescue, but fortunately the existing vaccines should remain effective against the emerging strain.

London lockdown
London and the South East of England are now in 'Tier 4' lockdown, thanks largely to the new fast-spreading strain of SARS-CoV2

News that a new variant of COVID-19 is spreading rapidly in the UK has caused alarm around the world, but scientists are generally confident that newly authorized vaccines and antibody treatments will still be effective against the emerging strain.

Eli Lilly believes its antibody treatment will still work against the new variant, while BioNTech is also confident...

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