Get our daily coronavirus email newsletter with all the news you need to know direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailMatt Hancock will lead a Downing Street press conference on Monday afternoon. A study of around 2,000 people found the jab only offers minimal protection against mild disease of the South Africa variant. Researchers were unable to conclude whether it worked against severe disease as the participants in the study were mostly young. (Image: Getty Images)Health Minister Edward Argar said there was "no evidence that this vaccine is not effective in preventing hospitalisation, severe illness and death". He said booster jabs were already being developed to tackle variants, which could be deployed each year similar to flu vaccines.

Source: Daily Mirror February 08, 2021 11:52 UTC