The outstanding question is: Are the treatments and vaccines thus far developed still effective against the coronavirus variants? “We believe the effects of the variants on treatments and vaccine developing to be minimal,” the official said. For vaccines, the Ministry plans to accelerate the two to three months’ review period to less than 20 days. ADVERTISEMENTAccording to the Drug Ministry, there are 15 treatments against COVID-19 being researched in Korea, including new drug research and repurposing of existing drugs. In Korea, a man in his 80s returned from the UK on Dec. 13 and was posthumously declared a COVID-19 patient Sunday.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 27, 2020 06:45 UTC