We must share vaccines globally in our fight against covid-19
19 May 2021
Vaccinating everyone around the world is the best way to reduce the risk of further coronavirus variants emerging and bringing this pandemic to an end
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Found 7 results for B.1.1.7 variant
US refuses to extend time between coronavirus vaccine doses
17 March 2021
The US won't be following the UK's example of extending the interval between covid-19 vaccine doses amid concerns it could increase risk of dangerous variants emerging. Meanwhile, Canada increases its interval up to four months
Giving vaccine to older people first could help the coronavirus evolve
10 March 2021
The strategy of vaccinating the eldest first may save the most lives in the short term, but also has the greatest risk of creating variants that escape vaccine immunity
What do the new coronavirus variants mean for a return to normality?
17 February 2021
With news of one new variant after another, it's easy to despair that even vaccines won't be enough to overcome the coronavirus pandemic - but there are reasons to be optimistic
South Africa rethinks plans after variant evades AstraZeneca vaccine
8 February 2021
South Africa has paused its roll-out of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine because it might not be effective against the South African B.1.351 coronavirus variant – but it is still likely to limit the severity of covid-19
Inside the race to tweak covid-19 vaccines and stay ahead of mutations
3 February 2021
The coronavirus is evolving to evade the protection from vaccines and natural immunity - here's what we can do to fight back
Can coronavirus variants reinfect people and evade the vaccines?
19 January 2021
It looks like some of the new coronavirus variants can evade parts of our immune response, but it's not yet clear if we need to update the vaccines
