Pfizer and Moderna testing vaccines for new UK virus strain
The two companies say there is no evidence so far to suggest their vaccines won’t work against the B.1.1.7 variant
22 December 2020 - 13:03
Bengaluru — Pfizer and Moderna are testing their Covid-19 vaccines against the new fast-spreading version of the virus that has emerged in Britain, CNN has reported.
Moderna expects immunity from its vaccine to protect against the variants and is performing more tests in the coming weeks to confirm this, the company said in a statement to CNN. ..
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