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Human Behavior More Than Variants As Virus Spreads, Blames WHO

16 January 2021

According to the WHO chief, the impact of new COVID-19 variants remains to be seen, citing human behavior for some recent rises in infection counts, reports AppNews.

New Covid variants

The World Health Organization’s emergencies chief said Friday that the impact of new variants of COVID-19 in places like Britain, South Africa and Brazil remains to be seen, citing human behavior for some recent rises in infection counts.

Blame not the variant

Dr. Michael Ryan said, “It’s just too easy to lay the...

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UK, The First Country To Roll Out Oxford COVID Vaccine

5 January 2021

The UK rolled out the Oxford vaccine yesterday amidst new lockdown measures and the possible uncertainty of vaccine affectivity on a newly emerged South African Strain of the coronavirus.

The United Kingdom became the first nation to inoculate people with the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine outside of trials on Monday, with the country’s health secretary hailing the day as a “real pivotal moment”, reports CNN.

Brian William Pinker, 82, was the first person to receive the AstraZeneca...

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South African COVID Strain Can Defeat Vaccines

5 January 2021

In a major development Oxford’s Sir John Bell who was behind the Oxford COVID vaccine development said that African strain of the coronavirus is more concerning than the UK Kent one and it may beat the vaccines approved for use, reports the Daily Mail UK.

What is it?

Vaccines believed to be effective against infectious UK variant VUI-202012/01 . But South African variant has substantial changes in the structure of the protein’.

Coronavirus vaccines could be ineffective against the...

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