The coronavirus vaccines being rolled out in Britain work better against the Brazilian variant (pictured) than first fearedThe coronavirus vaccines being rolled out in Britain work better against the Brazilian variant than first feared, research suggests. Scientists initially feared the P.1 variant would be resistant to vaccines because it has a number of worrying mutations on top of the ones it shares with the Kent strain. There have so far been 12 cases of the Brazilian variant in the UK – nine in England and three in Scotland. The study exposed blood samples from vaccinated people to various Covid variants and monitored their antibody responses. It found the vaccines produced nearly three times less antibodies against the Kent and Brazil variants when compared with the original strain.

Source: Daily Mail March 18, 2021 13:08 UTC