Oxford-Astra Zeneca scientists are assessing the effects of variants of Covid-19 on the vaccine immunity, according to sources.
To combat more contagious or lethal variants of Covid-19, scientists are preparing to produce vaccines or make required changes if any. According to reports, the new variants of Coronavirus emerged from United Kingdom, Brazil and South Africa.
Feasability studies are underway by the team of Oxford-AstraZeneca to reconfigure the technology as per The Telegraph newspaper on Wednesday.
The scientists are estimating how rapidly they can reconfigure their ChAdOx vaccine platform to fight against other variants.
The oxford is assessing the impact of new variants, as told by an Oxford source to The Telegraph.
Prime Minister of UK, Boris Johnson had said on Wednesday
that the country's medicines regulator will be ready to approve newly designed
Covid-19 vaccines in countering new variants.
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