AstraZeneca Chief Executive Pascal Soriot said researchers developing its vaccine had figured out a “winning formula” making the jab as effective as rival candidates. Asked about the vaccine’s efficacy against the new variant of coronavirus spreading in the UK, Soriot said: “So far, we think the vaccine should remain effective. But we can’t be sure, so we’re going to test that.”British authorities have blamed the new virus variant for soaring infection rates across the country. Sweden, Spain and South Korea confirmed to have detected the first cases of a new strain of the deadly coronavirus. He said the variant strain is something “to follow very carefully” and “we’re looking at it very intensively now.”“Does it make someone more ill?

Source: Manila Times December 28, 2020 17:03 UTC