American vaccines effective against COVID strain first found in India, say U.S. officials
The Hindu
COVID-19 vaccines that are available in the United States are effective against the deadly variant that was first detected in India, top U.S. health officials said on Tuesday. The B.1.617 virus varian
COVID-19 vaccines that are available in the United States are effective against the deadly variant that was first detected in India, top U.S. health officials said on Tuesday. The B.1.617 virus variant, first identified in India last year, has been classified as a ‘variant of concern’ at the global level by the World Health Organisation. “The modest neutralisation resistance to the 617 antibodies suggests that the current vaccines that we are all using that we’ve been speaking about would be at least partially and probably quite protective,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the chief medical advisor to the President told reporters during a news conference in Washington.
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