“The previous treatment using repurposed medication such as hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir/ritonavir had shown to be not effective in treating the disease,” she said. In other words, this mutation may reduce the effectiveness of vaccines,” explained Dr Chow. She said her local cohort had found that the disease transmission was likely to occur a few days before and after the onset of symptoms. Dr Chow also said that in this era of pandemic, the virus would be here to stay as there was still no effective vaccination programme. On the availability of vaccine for Covid-19, Dr Chow admitted that it was not easy following the occurrence of D614G mutation.

Source: The Star August 31, 2020 22:52 UTC