AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine appears to be protecting people from the Indian variant of the virus, reports suggest. There are concerns the Indian variants, which have started spreading in the UK, could make jabs less effective and risk vaccinated people getting sick anyway. It has at least 13 mutations that separate it from the original Covid virus that emerged in China. Dr Gabriel Scally, an epidemiologist at Bristol University and Independent SAGE member, warned the Indian variant becoming dominant in some areas was a cause for concern. And Professor Pagel warned that the situation was 'not looking good at all' with the Indian variant.

Source: Daily Mail May 12, 2021 17:53 UTC