While it was first seen in Britain in September, by the week of December 9 in London, 62% of Covid-19 cases were due to the new variant. A few cases of Covid-19 with the new variant have also been reported to the ECDC, Europe’s disease monitoring agency, by Iceland and Denmark. Media reports in Belgium say cases have also been detected there. Will Covid-19 vaccines protect against this variant? Britain’s chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance also said Covid-19 vaccines appeared to be adequate in generating an immune response to the variant of the coronavirus.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 21, 2020 13:07 UTC